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Export highlights to Joplin

In addition to exporting highlights as HTML, JSON, and plain text files, KOReader can also push notes from the e-reader directly to the Joplin note-taking application. The initial setup process requires some work, but once it's done, pushing notes to Joplin is easy.

First step is to configure Joplin. Launch the application, choose Tools -> Options, and switch to the Web clipper section. Press Enable Web Clipper Service and copy the automatically generated authorization token. Leave Joplin running. If you use Joplin on a Linux machine, install the socat package. To do this on Ubuntu and Linux Mint, run the sudo apt install socat command.

Connect your e-reader to the machine, enable Start USB storage in KOReader, and open the koreader/settings.reader.lua file for editing. Locate the ["exporter"] section and add the following entries to it (replace 127.0.0.1 with the actual IP address of the machine running Joplin, and replace authorization_token with the copied token):

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["joplin_IP"] = "127.0.0.1",
["joplin_token"] = "authorization_token",
["joplin_port"] = 41185,
["joplin_export"] = true,

Save the changes and safely disconnect the e-reader. On the machine running Joplin, open the terminal, and run the following command:

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socat tcp-listen:41185,reuseaddr,fork tcp:localhost:41184

In KOReader, open the top bar, choose Tools -> Export highlights, make sure the Joplin option is enabled, and tap either Export all notes in this book or Export all notes in your library.

Source: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338169

Last update: May 3, 2022
Created: April 25, 2022