Using the bookmark Command Set

The `bookmark` command set is used to manage a bookmarks catalog which contains a collection of bookmarks and citations and shares them between devices connected to the profile with the relevant access authorization.

The term 'bookmark' is interpreted loosely to mean any piece of index information that the user might want to index and add to a catalog for future use. This includes traditional Web bookmarks and citations to academic articles.

The current version of the Mesh protocols only support access to a single personal bookmark catalog but the approach could, in principle, be extanded to support multiple named bookmark catalogs per user and catalogs sharted between multiple users.

Adding bookmarks

The `bookmark add` command adds a bookmark entry to a catalog:

Alice> bookmark add Folder1/1 http://example.com/ "Example Dot Com"

{
  "Uri": "http://example.com/",
  "Title": "\"Example",
  "Path": "Folder1/1"}

Alice> bookmark add Folder1/2 http://example.net/Bananas "Banana Site"

{
  "Uri": "http://example.net/Bananas",
  "Title": "\"Banana",
  "Path": "Folder1/2"}

Alice> bookmark add Folder1/1a http://example.com/Fred "The Fred Space"

{
  "Uri": "http://example.com/Fred",
  "Title": "\"The",
  "Path": "Folder1/1a"}

Finding bookmarks

The `bookmark get` command retreives a bookmark by its index label:

Alice> bookmark get Folder1/2

{
  "Uri": "http://example.net/Bananas",
  "Title": "\"Banana",
  "Path": "Folder1/2"}

Deleting bookmarks

Bookmark entries may be deleted using the `bookmark delete` command:

Alice> bookmark delete BookmarkPath2

ERROR - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Listing bookmarks

A complete list of bookmarks is obtained using the `bookmark list` command:

Alice> bookmark list

{
  "Uri": "http://example.com/",
  "Title": "\"Example",
  "Path": "Folder1/1"}{
  "Uri": "http://example.net/Bananas",
  "Title": "\"Banana",
  "Path": "Folder1/2"}{
  "Uri": "http://example.com/Fred",
  "Title": "\"The",
  "Path": "Folder1/1a"}

Adding devices

Devices are given authorization to access the bookmarks catalog using the `device auth` command:

Alice> device auth Alice2 /bookmark

The new device now has access to the Bookmarks catalog:

Alice2> bookmark list

ERROR - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.