[GH-ISSUE #49] [Feature Request] Avoid duplicate bookmarks from browser extension

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Originally created by @mp-strachan on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/issues/49

Each time the browser extension is clicked, a new bookmark is created. If the page has been previously bookmarked, a new bookmark shouldn't be created, or user should be prompted (if there is a need for duplicates - not sure why that may be useful though?)

Originally created by @mp-strachan on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/issues/49 Each time the browser extension is clicked, a new bookmark is created. If the page has been previously bookmarked, a new bookmark shouldn't be created, or user should be prompted (if there is a need for duplicates - not sure why that may be useful though?)

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@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024):

I haven't added the browser extension yet... I went to the play store to look for it and got sidetracked looking for the android app.

That said, can we broaden this to just "avoid duplicates all together?" I mean, if this thing's gonna be as smart as you say, couldn't you somehow check⸸ to see if there is the same or almost identical bookmark in Hoarder and have the system optionally ask you if you still want to add—depending on the context—an identical or largely similar url to the DB while showing the identical or largely similar DB entries?

⸸just looking for identical urls is very unlikely suffice in this... it will need to somehow be fingerprinted, e.g., the way Picard creates a fingerprint of an audio track. probably put more emphasis on the FQDN and less as you get further to the right in the URL... I dunno. aybe the AI can tell by going to the links.

@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024): I haven't added the browser extension yet... I went to the play store to look for it and got sidetracked looking for the android app. That said, can we broaden this to just "**avoid duplicates all together**?" I mean, if this thing's gonna be as smart as you say, couldn't you somehow check⸸ to see if there is the same or **almost identical** bookmark in Hoarder and have the system **optionally** ask you if you still want to add—depending on the context—an identical or largely similar url to the DB while showing the identical or largely similar DB entries? ⸸just looking for identical urls is very unlikely suffice in this... it will need to somehow be fingerprinted, e.g., the way Picard creates a fingerprint of an audio track. probably put more emphasis on the FQDN and less as you get further to the right in the URL... I dunno. aybe the AI can tell by going to the links.

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@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024):

I think deduping exact URLs is a good start and I guess shouldn't be too hard.

The "almost identical" one is a bit more tricky and can probably happen asynchronous. Similar to google photo's "Here's some stuff you can clean" page.

@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024): I think deduping exact URLs is a good start and I guess shouldn't be too hard. The "almost identical" one is a bit more tricky and can probably happen asynchronous. Similar to google photo's "Here's some stuff you can clean" page.

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@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024):

I think deduping exact URLs is a good start and I guess shouldn't be too hard.

Yeah, the catch there is if the user has added any text with the url... so that's one thing. I've added a couple words with some of the urls i've pasted in. now that i have the browser plugin, that'll probably be reduced, especially if there's not a text input for a short note (another FR if it doesn't have that)

The "almost identical" one is a bit more tricky and can probably happen asynchronous. Similar to google photo's "Here's some stuff you can clean" page.

Yeah, that's cool... i mean, depending on the AI and processing power, it would be great if it could be done at the same time, but i can see that getting "expensive" in terms of local processing power alone. But there needs to be some function to clean duplicates if this is going to be a browsable database. if it is only searchable then that's moot I suppose because duplicates will just give that "idea" higher prominence in the search...kinda the way of if I have 45 copied of "Playing in the Band," it's going to come up 10x more often than a song of which I have 4.5 copies.

had to look...

$ find. "*Playing in the band*"|wc -l
65

@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024): > I think deduping exact URLs is a good start and I guess shouldn't be too hard. Yeah, the catch there is if the user has added any text with the url... so that's one thing. I've added a couple words with some of the urls i've pasted in. now that i have the browser plugin, that'll probably be reduced, especially if there's not a text input for a short note (another **FR** if it doesn't have that) > The "almost identical" one is a bit more tricky and can probably happen asynchronous. Similar to google photo's "Here's some stuff you can clean" page. Yeah, that's cool... i mean, depending on the AI and processing power, it would be great if it could be done at the same time, but i can see that getting "expensive" in terms of local processing power alone. But there needs to be some function to clean duplicates if this is going to be a _browsable_ database. if it is only _searchable_ then that's moot I suppose because duplicates will just give that "idea" higher prominence in the search...kinda the way of if I have 45 copied of "Playing in the Band," it's going to come up 10x more often than a song of which I have 4.5 copies. had to look... ``` $ find. "*Playing in the band*"|wc -l 65 ```

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@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024):

especially if there's not a text input for a short note

You won't have to wait for long for this. I've already implemented it yesterday (github.com/MohamedBassem/hoarder-app@e99dee0b4f) and it'll be included in the next release.

@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2024): > especially if there's not a text input for a short note You won't have to wait for long for this. I've already implemented it yesterday (https://github.com/MohamedBassem/hoarder-app/commit/e99dee0b4f7220568c8ffa2755147bc45d35b32b) and it'll be included in the next release.

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@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024):

there's another way to manage that... having duplicates of something can show it's importance as well as just redundancy. going back to the music library example. I have all of Bob Dylan's studio albums as well as some of the GH albums and when I play my entire collection, I add Dylan twice.

@iconoclasthero commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024): there's another way to manage that... having duplicates of something can show it's importance as well as just redundancy. going back to the music library example. I have all of Bob Dylan's studio albums as well as some of the GH albums and when I play my entire collection, I add Dylan twice.

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@skirmess commented on GitHub (May 2, 2024):

What I would like to see is this:

You're pressing the browser add-on to create a bookmark for a link that already exists
The normal pop-up of the browser plugin appears but it is already filled out with the data from the existing bookmark (tags, lists)
You can change this information and the existing bookmark is updated accordingly.

Additionally it would be nice if there would be a trash can icon on the browser pop-up that can be used to delete the bookmark. The same way you can press the star in the browser to create a bookmark and press it again to delete it.

@skirmess commented on GitHub (May 2, 2024): What I would like to see is this: - You're pressing the browser add-on to create a bookmark for a link that already exists - The normal pop-up of the browser plugin appears but it is already filled out with the data from the existing bookmark (tags, lists) - You can change this information and the existing bookmark is updated accordingly. Additionally it would be nice if there would be a trash can icon on the browser pop-up that can be used to delete the bookmark. The same way you can press the star in the browser to create a bookmark and press it again to delete it.

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@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

This is going to be available in the next release.

When you add an already existing URL from the web app, it'll tell you it's there and give you the option to open it.
If you add an existing URL from the extension, the extension will show you the existing URL (along with its existing tags and lists).
If you add an existing URL from the mobile, you'll get a message telling you that it already exists.

@MohamedBassem commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): This is going to be available in the next release. - When you add an already existing URL from the web app, it'll tell you it's there and give you the option to open it. - If you add an existing URL from the extension, the extension will show you the existing URL (along with its existing tags and lists). - If you add an existing URL from the mobile, you'll get a message telling you that it already exists.

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@ovizii commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024):

This is going to be available in the next release.

When you add an already existing URL from the web app, it'll tell you it's there and give you the option to open it.

If you add an existing URL from the extension, the extension will show you the existing URL (along with its existing tags and lists).

If you add an existing URL from the mobile, you'll get a message telling you that it already exists.

How about a duplicate check for existing URLs? Could be added to the "Cleanups" section?

@ovizii commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024): > This is going to be available in the next release. > > * When you add an already existing URL from the web app, it'll tell you it's there and give you the option to open it. > * If you add an existing URL from the extension, the extension will show you the existing URL (along with its existing tags and lists). > * If you add an existing URL from the mobile, you'll get a message telling you that it already exists. How about a duplicate check for existing URLs? Could be added to the "Cleanups" section?

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@kamtschatka commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024):

Sounds like a lot of work for something that should no longer be necessary, since duplicates are checked in 0.14 onward. So there shouldn't be any new duplicates added anymore and for existing duplicates, using the cli to quickly check for duplicates might be good enough?

@kamtschatka commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024): Sounds like a lot of work for something that should no longer be necessary, since duplicates are checked in 0.14 onward. So there shouldn't be any new duplicates added anymore and for existing duplicates, using the cli to quickly check for duplicates might be good enough?

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@ovizii commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024):

Sure, you're right that sounds good enough.

@ovizii commented on GitHub (May 24, 2024): Sure, you're right that sounds good enough.

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