Linkding Bookmark Manager
Query and manage bookmarks via the Linkding REST API.
Setup
Config: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/linkding/config.json
json
{
"url": "https://linkding.example.com",
"apiKey": "your-api-token"
}
Get your API token from Linkding Settings page.
Quick Reference
List/Search Bookmarks
bash
# List recent bookmarks ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks # Search bookmarks ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "python tutorial" # List archived ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --archived # Filter by date ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --modified-since "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
Create Bookmark
bash
# Basic ./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" # With metadata ./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" \ --title "Example Site" \ --description "A great resource" \ --tags "reference,docs" # Archive immediately ./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" --archived
Check if URL Exists
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh check "https://example.com"
Returns existing bookmark data if found, plus scraped metadata.
Update Bookmark
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh update 123 --title "New Title" --tags "newtag1,newtag2"
Archive/Unarchive
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh archive 123 ./scripts/linkding-api.sh unarchive 123
Delete
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh delete 123
Tags
bash
# List all tags ./scripts/linkding-api.sh tags # Create tag ./scripts/linkding-api.sh tag-create "mytag"
Bundles (saved searches)
bash
# List bundles ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundles # Create bundle ./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundle-create "Work Resources" \ --search "productivity" \ --any-tags "work,tools" \ --excluded-tags "personal"
Response Format
All responses are JSON. Bookmark object:
json
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://example.com",
"title": "Example",
"description": "Description",
"notes": "Personal notes",
"is_archived": false,
"unread": false,
"shared": false,
"tag_names": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"date_added": "2020-09-26T09:46:23.006313Z",
"date_modified": "2020-09-26T16:01:14.275335Z"
}
Common Patterns
Save current page for later:
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "$URL" --tags "toread" --unread
Quick search and display:
bash
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "keyword" --limit 10 | jq -r '.results[] | "\(.title) - \(.url)"'
Bulk tag update: Update via API PATCH with new tag_names array.