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Wishlist Sync
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantjaidev
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Is there a way to Sync my Amazon wishlist with DvdProfiler?
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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Don't believe so.  You will have to add them manually.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantMuckl
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I just wrote a Greasemonkey script for that purpose. It's only a first draft – though, it already seems to work quite well... but you'll need Firefox, Greasemonkey, an Amazon Web Services account and the BulkEdit plugin for DVD Profiler (all free).

So, if you only have a few items (~1-30) in your wish list (and only want to synchronize once), this solution might be a bit too complex... But when syncing more items and/or on a regular basis, it's worth making the effort , I guess...

[EDIT] What I forgot to mention separately: Since Amazon doesn't provide write access to your lists (or perhaps I'm just not aware of that option?), synchronizing only works one-way, from Amazon to DVDP.


Installation:

[01] If not already on your system, install Firefox
[02] Install the add-on Greasemonkey
[03] Install my Amazon Wish List Export user script
[04] Now login to AWS (Amazon Web Services) with your Amazon account, go to Account --> Security Credentials --> Access Keys: copy the strings underneath "Access Key ID" and "Secret Access Key" (if there are no such strings, click "Create a new Access Key")
[05] Now open the user script via Firefox: Greasemonkey context menu (there should be an icon in either the status or the tool bar) --> Manage user scripts --> select "Amazon Wish List Export" from the list and hit "Edit..." --> the script should open in Notepad or a similar text editor --> insert the copied access keys in their appropriate places (line 33: var AWSAccessKeyId = 'HEREGOESTHEACCESSKEY' and line 36: var AWSSecretAccessKey = 'ANDHEREYOURSECRETKEY'; )
[06] Save & close the file, close the Greasemonkey window
[07] Finally install BulkEdit
(more info about this great plugin can be found here)


Usage:

[01] Login to Amazon and open your wish list - there should be a "Export to CSV" button right next to the wish list title: click it :-)
[02] Hopefully, sooner or later (depending on the size of your wish list) a popup will appear, click "Mark all" here and press Ctrl+C to copy the list into the clipboard
[03] Open Notepad or another text editor (not WordPad/Word/Works), press Ctrl+P to insert the list and save the file as SOMEFILENAME.csv
[04] Open DVDP, open BulkEdit, choose "Load" from the menu, select "CSV and Validate", browse to and open SOMEFILENAME.csv
[05] In the popup "PickDelimiter" you have to choose "In Quotes" and ", (comma)" (should be the default)
[06] If you press "OK", the import will start immediately. Be sure that you've made a backup of your database (or even created a new one for this purpose only)
[07] To complete the import, choose "File" from the menu and then select "Exit (Clear Sheet and Log)"
[08] Now download the profiles via "Online" --> "Refresh Updated Profiles from Invelos..." --> voilà! :-)


Sounds kinda complicated, I know. But once you have installed everything properly, it's quite a cakewalk. And don't hesitate to ask for help, if you decide to give it a try!

And let me know, if you don't want to install Firefox – there are similar possibilities for Opera and even Internet Explorer, I'll "just" have to port the code...
 
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