📌 aiopinboard: A Python 3 Library for Pinboard

aiopinboard is a Python3, asyncio-focused library for interacting with the Pinboard API.

• Installation
• Python Versions
• API Token
• Usage
  • Bookmarks
    • The Bookmark Object
    • Getting the Last Change Datetime
    • Getting Bookmarks
    • Adding a Bookmark
    • Deleting a Bookmark
  • Tags
    • Getting Tags
    • Getting Suggested Tags
    • Deleting a Tag
    • Renaming a Tag
  • Notes
    • The Note Object
    • Getting Notes
• Contributing

Installation

pip install aiopinboard

Python Versions

aiopinboard is currently supported on:

• Python 3.10
• Python 3.11
• Python 3.12

API Token

You can retrieve your Pinboard API token via your account's settings page.

Usage

aiopinboard endeavors to replicate all of the endpoints in the Pinboard API documentation with sane, usable responses.

All API usage starts with creating an API object that contains your Pinboard API token:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    # do things!


asyncio.run(main())

Bookmarks

The Bookmark Object

API endpoints that retrieve one or more bookmarks will return Bookmark objects, which carry all of the expected properties of a bookmark:

• hash: the unique identifier of the bookmark
• href: the bookmark's URL
• title: the bookmark's title
• description: the bookmark's description
• last_modified: the UTC date the bookmark was last modified
• tags: a list of tags applied to the bookmark
• unread: whether the bookmark is unread
• shared: whether the bookmark is shared

Getting the Last Change Datetime

To get the UTC datetime of the last "change" (bookmark added, updated, or deleted):

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    """Run!"""
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    last_change_dt = await api.bookmark.async_get_last_change_datetime()
    # >>> datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 3, 13, 7, 19, tzinfo=<UTC>)


asyncio.run(main())

This method should be used to determine whether additional API calls should be made – for example, if nothing has changed since the last time a request was made, the implementing library can halt.

Getting Bookmarks

To get a bookmark by its URL:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_get_bookmark_by_url("https://my.com/bookmark")
    # >>> <Bookmark href="https://my.com/bookmark">


asyncio.run(main())

To get all bookmarks

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_get_all_bookmarks()
    # >>> [<Bookmark ...>, <Bookmark ...>]


asyncio.run(main())

You can specify several optional parameters while getting all bookmarks:

• tags: an optional list of tags to filter results by
• start: the optional starting index to return (defaults to the start)
• results: the optional number of results (defaults to all)
• from_dt: the optional datetime to start from
• to_dt: the optional datetime to end at

To get all bookmarks created on a certain date:

import asyncio
from datetime import date

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    """Run!"""
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_get_bookmarks_by_date(date.today())
    # >>> [<Bookmark ...>, <Bookmark ...>]

    # Optionally filter the results with a list of tags – note that only bookmarks that
    # have all tags will be returned:
    await api.bookmark.async_get_bookmarks_by_date(date.today(), tags=["tag1", "tag2"])
    # >>> [<Bookmark ...>, <Bookmark ...>]


asyncio.run(main())

To get recent bookmarks:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_get_recent_bookmarks(count=10)
    # >>> [<Bookmark ...>, <Bookmark ...>]

    # Optionally filter the results with a list of tags – note that only bookmarks that
    # have all tags will be returned:
    await api.bookmark.async_get_recent_bookmarks(count=20, tags=["tag1", "tag2"])
    # >>> [<Bookmark ...>, <Bookmark ...>]


asyncio.run(main())

To get a summary of dates and how many bookmarks were created on those dates:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    dates = await api.bookmark.async_get_dates()
    # >>> {datetime.date(2020, 09, 05): 4, ...}


asyncio.run(main())

Adding a Bookmark

To add a bookmark:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_add_bookmark("https://my.com/bookmark", "My New Bookmark")


asyncio.run(main())

You can specify several optional parameters while adding a bookmark:

• description: the optional description of the bookmark
• tags: an optional list of tags to assign to the bookmark
• created_datetime: the optional creation datetime to use (defaults to now)
• replace: whether this should replace a bookmark with the same URL
• shared: whether this bookmark should be shared
• toread: whether this bookmark should be unread

Deleting a Bookmark

To delete a bookmark by its URL:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_delete_bookmark("https://my.com/bookmark")


asyncio.run(main())

Tags

Getting Tags

To get all tags for an account (and a count of how often each tag is used):

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.tag.async_get_tags()
    # >>> {"tag1": 3, "tag2": 8}


asyncio.run(main())

Getting Suggested Tags

To get lists of popular (used by the community) and recommended (used by you) tags for a particular URL:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.bookmark.async_get_suggested_tags("https://my.com/bookmark")
    # >>> {"popular": ["tag1", "tag2"], "recommended": ["tag3"]}


asyncio.run(main())

Deleting a Tag

To delete a tag:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.tag.async_delete_tag("tag1")


asyncio.run(main())

Renaming a Tag

To rename a tag:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.tag.async_rename_tag("old-tag", "new-tag")


asyncio.run(main())

Notes

The Note Object

API endpoints that retrieve one or more notes will return Note objects, which carry all of the expected properties of a note:

• note_id: the unique ID
• title: the title
• hash: the computed hash
• created_at: the UTC datetime the note was created
• updated_at: the UTC datetime the note was updated
• length: the length

Getting Notes

To get all notes for an account:

import asyncio

from aiopinboard import API


async def main() -> None:
    api = API("<PINBOARD_API_TOKEN>")
    await api.note.async_get_notes()
    # >>> [<Note ...>, <Note ...>]


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 aiopinboard tests
9. Update README.md with any new documentation.
10. Submit a pull request!