🔖 aiolinkding: a Python3, async library to the linkding REST API

aiolinkding is a Python3, async library that interfaces with linkding instances. It is intended to be a reasonably light wrapper around the linkding API (meaning that instead of drowning the user in custom objects/etc., it focuses on returning JSON straight from the API).

• Installation
• Python Versions
• Usage
  • Creating a Client
  • Working with Bookmarks
    • Getting All Bookmarks
    • Getting Archived Bookmarks
    • Getting a Single Bookmark
    • Creating a New Bookmark
    • Updating an Existing Bookmark by ID
    • Archiving/Unarchiving a Bookmark
    • Deleting a Bookmark
  • Working with Tags
    • Getting All Tags
    • Getting a Single Tag
    • Creating a New Tag
  • Working with User Data
    • Getting Profile Info
  • Connection Pooling
• Contributing

Installation

pip install aiolinkding

Python Versions

aiolinkding is currently supported on:

• Python 3.11
• Python 3.12
• Python 3.13

Usage

Creating a Client

It's easy to create an API client for a linkding instance. All you need are two parameters:

1. A URL to a linkding instance
2. A linkding API token

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")


asyncio.run(main())

Working with Bookmarks

Getting All Bookmarks

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get all bookmarks:
    bookmarks = await client.bookmarks.async_get_all()
    # >>> { "count": 100, "next": null, "previous": null, "results": [...] }


asyncio.run(main())

client.bookmarks.async_get_all() takes three optional parameters:

• query: a string query to filter the returned bookmarks
• limit: the maximum number of results that should be returned
• offset: the index from which to return results (e.g., 5 starts at the fifth bookmark)

Getting Archived Bookmarks

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get all archived bookmarks:
    bookmarks = await client.bookmarks.async_get_archived()
    # >>> { "count": 100, "next": null, "previous": null, "results": [...] }


asyncio.run(main())

client.bookmarks.async_get_archived() takes three optional parameters:

• query: a string query to filter the returned bookmarks
• limit: the maximum number of results that should be returned
• offset: the index from which to return results (e.g., 5 starts at the fifth bookmark)

Getting a Single Bookmark by ID

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get a single bookmark:
    bookmark = await client.bookmarks.async_get_single(37)
    # >>> { "id": 37, "url": "https://example.com", "title": "Example title", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

Creating a New Bookmark

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Create a new bookmark:
    created_bookmark = await client.bookmarks.async_create(
        "https://example.com",
        title="Example title",
        description="Example description",
        tag_names=[
            "tag1",
            "tag2",
        ],
    )
    # >>> { "id": 37, "url": "https://example.com", "title": "Example title", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

client.bookmarks.async_create() takes four optional parameters:

• title: the bookmark's title
• description: the bookmark's description
• notes: Markdown notes to add to the bookmark
• tag_names: the tags to assign to the bookmark (represented as a list of strings)
• is_archived: whether the newly-created bookmark should automatically be archived
• unread: whether the newly-created bookmark should be marked as unread
• shared: whether the newly-created bookmark should be shareable with other linkding users

Updating an Existing Bookmark by ID

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Update an existing bookmark:
    updated_bookmark = await client.bookmarks.async_update(
        37,
        url="https://different-example.com",
        title="Different example title",
        description="Different example description",
        tag_names=[
            "tag1",
            "tag2",
        ],
    )
    # >>> { "id": 37, "url": "https://different-example.com", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

client.bookmarks.async_update() takes four optional parameters (inclusion of any parameter will change that value for the existing bookmark):

• url: the bookmark's URL
• title: the bookmark's title
• description: the bookmark's description
• notes: Markdown notes to add to the bookmark
• tag_names: the tags to assign to the bookmark (represented as a list of strings)
• unread: whether the bookmark should be marked as unread
• shared: whether the bookmark should be shareable with other linkding users

Archiving/Unarchiving a Bookmark

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Archive a bookmark by ID:
    await client.bookmarks.async_archive(37)

    # ...and unarchive it:
    await client.bookmarks.async_unarchive(37)


asyncio.run(main())

Deleting a Bookmark

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Delete a bookmark by ID:
    await client.bookmarks.async_delete(37)


asyncio.run(main())

Working with Tags

Getting All Tags

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get all tags:
    tags = await client.tags.async_get_all()
    # >>> { "count": 100, "next": null, "previous": null, "results": [...] }


asyncio.run(main())

client.tags.async_get_all() takes two optional parameters:

• limit: the maximum number of results that should be returned
• offset: the index from which to return results (e.g., 5 starts at the fifth bookmark)

Getting a Single Tag by ID

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get a single tag:
    tag = await client.tags.async_get_single(22)
    # >>> { "id": 22, "name": "example-tag", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

Creating a New Tag

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Create a new tag:
    created_tag = await client.tags.async_create("example-tag")
    # >>> { "id": 22, "name": "example-tag", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

Working with User Data

Getting Profile Info

import asyncio

from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    client = await async_get_client("http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345")

    # Get all tags:
    tags = await client.user.async_get_profile()
    # >>> { "theme": "auto", "bookmark_date_display": "relative", ... }


asyncio.run(main())

Connection Pooling

By default, the library creates a new connection to linkding with each coroutine. If you are calling a large number of coroutines (or merely want to squeeze out every second of runtime savings possible), an aiohttp ClientSession can be used for connection pooling:

import asyncio

from aiohttp import async_get_clientSession
from aiolinkding import async_get_client


async def main() -> None:
    """Use aiolinkding for fun and profit."""
    async with ClientSession() as session:
        client = await async_get_client(
            "http://127.0.0.1:8000", "token_abcde12345", session=session
        )

        # Get to work...


asyncio.run(main())

Contributing

Thanks to all of our contributors so far!

1. Check for open features/bugs or initiate a discussion on one.
2. Fork the repository.
3. (optional, but highly recommended) Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv .venv
4. (optional, but highly recommended) Enter the virtual environment: source ./.venv/bin/activate
5. Install the dev environment: script/setup
6. Code your new feature or bug fix on a new branch.
7. Write tests that cover your new functionality.
8. Run tests and ensure 100% code coverage: poetry run pytest --cov aiolinkding tests
9. Update README.md with any new documentation.
10. Submit a pull request!