Comments on: A quick del.icio.us lifehack

By: Tim Hicks

Tim Hicks — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:58:23 +0000

I discovered the del.icio.us API and pydelicious, and now have a script that can delete by tag. The only downside is that the API only allows you to delete one bookmark at a time, and to make calls at intervals of at least (about) 1 second. Despite pydelicious obeying that interval, it seems my script just got my IP banned – temporarily, I hope.

Oh well, 100 down, 1100 to go…

By: Britta

Britta — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:37:44 +0000

This is a great tip – it’s what I tell anybody who asks me for help with making their bookmarks page load extra-quickly. It gets saved in a cookie, so you’ll want to set it again when using a different browser or computer.

Tim, the next version of Delicious will have a batch delete feature, so if you can wait a little while longer (we don’t have a release date yet), this will be easy.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:29:33 +0000

Tim, I had a bit of a think – I thought you might be able to export, delete the offending items in a text editor, blank your account and re-import the trimmed list, but this can’t be done alas. You could perhaps try the del.icio.us director – http://johnvey.com/features/deliciousdirector/ – which looks like a good power user tool but having not played with it I don’t know.

By: Tim Hicks

Tim Hicks — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:58:47 +0000

Don’t suppose you’ve got a “lifehack” for how to batch delete all bookmarks that have a particular tag, do you? I imported all of my FF bookmarks when I started, but had a *load* of junk in there that now hugely bloats my delicious bookmarks.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:02:08 +0000

Note that it also remembers your preference, so you don’t have to change your bookmark/re-enter the URL every time. It also applies it to any other delicious user’s page you visit. Neat.