Write All Keywords to Text File

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This is a snippet that exports a list of all keywords encountered in the currently loaded library to a text file. Hierarchical keywords will be written as an indented tree with tab characters used for indentation.

2025/09/27: Updated to output in Lightroom Classic compatible format and to sort case insensitively

// Write All Keywords to Text File

var lines = []
function collect_keywords(kwds, prefix) {
	var kwds_sorted = []
	kwds.forEach(function(kw) {
		if (kw.kind() == "normal")
			kwds_sorted.push(kw)
	})
	kwds_sorted.sort(function(a, b) {
		ak = a.keyword().toLowerCase()
		bk = b.keyword().toLowerCase()
		return ak.localeCompare(bk)
	})
	
	for (i in kwds_sorted) {
		lines.push(prefix + kwds_sorted[i].keyword())
		collect_keywords(kwds_sorted[i].children(), prefix + "\t")
	}
}
collect_keywords(library.rootNode().keywords(), "")
var text = ""
for (i in lines) text += lines[i] + "\n"

var path = chooseFile({
	save: true,
	formats: [{
		name: "Text Files",
		patterns: ["*.txt"]
	}]})
if (path != "")
	writeFileUTF8(path, text)

Installation

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