iiif-firefox-annotation-extract

Ruby script to extract Mirador-created annotations from Firefox local storage

To install: clone this repo and run bundle install

To run:

• Create some annotations using Mirador in Firefox
• Discover your current Firefox profile directory by visiting about:profiles. Set an environment variable FIREFOX_PROFILE containing the full path (ending with .default)
• Run ./extract-annotations.rb <canvasURI selector> [<scope>]
  • the canvasURI selector is the beginning of the uri for the canvases you're interested in
  • the scope is the domain of the Mirador instance you used to make the annotations (default: projectmirador.org)
• An annotation list is written to stdout