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Search for a set of bookmarks that match a specific criteria.

Atom API request details

Resource Description
/atom Retrieves bookmarks matching search criteria in Atom 1.0 format. You can use this resource to subscribe to a set of bookmarks and get notifications of changes.

Use one or more of the input parameters to narrow the search. Separate multiple parameters with an ampersand (&).
Input parameters
Parameter Description
access Filters the bookmarks based on whether they are private or public. Options are:

any

Returns all bookmarks only if the request is made over secure http (https). If the request is made over https, it is redirected to the /mybookmarks URI. If the request is made over http, only public bookmarks are returned. This value is the default value.

private

Only returns private bookmarks. Private bookmarks can only be accessed by their owner, and only if the owner is authenticated. The user is prompted to log in and is redirected to the /mybookmarks URI from which only private bookmarks are returned.

public

Only returns public bookmarks.

base Returns only bookmarks to pages hosted by a given Web site. For example, to retrieve only bookmarks to pages on the Web site www.w3c.org/TR, specify "base=www.w3.org/TR"
email
Internet e-mail address. Returns bookmarks created by the user specified by the e-mail address. Format the HTTP request using the proper URL encoding. For example, the encoded form of the @ symbol is %40 as in:
adam_eventide%40garden.com
Do not use this parameter if Lotus Connections is configured to prevent e-mail addresses from being displayed. Use the userid parameter instead.
lang Language code. Language for strings in the output. If not specified, the language specified by the first matching client, typically the Web browser, is used, if available. The server then redirects the request to add this parameter to the URL. Specify this parameter to avoid the redirect.
network Filters the bookmarks based on the network that it is available from. Options are:

all

Returns all bookmarks. This value is the default value.

internet

Only returns the bookmarks that link to Internet resources, which are visible outside the intranet firewall.

intranet

Only returns the bookmarks that link to resources available on the corporate intranet, that is, resources that are not externally visible.

page Page number. Specifies the page to be returned. Default is 1.
ps Page size. Specifies the number of entries to return per page. Default 10. Maximum value allowed is 50.
search Well-formed full text search query. Performs a text search on the title, description, and tags of all bookmarks. Orders results by relevance. Respects other constraints. Help topic "Using advanced search options", available from the Bookmarks user interface, provides details on the search operators you can use in the search query to perform advanced searches for bookmarks.
When you use this parameter, search can only find bookmarks that the indexer has processed. The indexing interval is stored in a configuration property that your administrator can configure. See Managing search and index operations in the Administering section of the Lotus Connections information center for more details.
searchOperator Default operator between search terms. Options are:

and
or

The default value is set by your system administrator. Use in conjunction with "search" parameter to override the system default operator for search queries.
showFavIcon Includes links to bookmark icons (also known as "favorite icons") in the response. Bookmarks uses link relation "http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/icon" to identify this link in a bookmark Atom entry. Boolean. Options are:

false

Links to bookmark icons are not included. This value is the default value.

true

Includes links to bookmark icons.

since Includes in the resulting feed all bookmarks updated after a specified date. Specify the date using a date-time value that conforms to RFC3339. Use an upper case "T" to separate the date and time, and an uppercase "Z" in the absence of a numeric time zone offset. For example: 2009-01-04T20:32:31.171Z.
sort Specifies how the results should be sorted. Options are:

date

Bookmark entries are sorted by the date they were created. This value is the default value.

popularity

Bookmarks are sorted by popularity.

sortOrder Specifies the order the results should be sorted in. Options are:

asc

Bookmarks are sorted in ascending order (oldest to newest, or least to most popular).

desc

Bookmarks are sorted in descending order (newest to oldest, or most to least popular). This value is the default value.

tag Returns bookmarks with the specified tag. You can search for multiple tags; separate the tags with a space or comma. If you use a space, URL-encode the space using %20. Only bookmarks with all of the tags that you specify are returned.
url A well-formed Web address. Returns bookmarks for the given Web address. When you use this parameter, all other search parameters are ignored.
userid Unique ID that represents a specific person.
Example
To search for all bookmarks that are tagged with candy, send the following HTTP request:
> GET /dogear/atom?tag=candy&lang=en HTTP/1.1
> Authorization: Basic ...
> Host: dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084
> Accept: */*
The HTTP response would look as follows:
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Last-Modified: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:47:14 GMT
< Cache-Control: public,max-age=300,s-maxage=300
< Content-Type: application/atom+xml; charset=UTF-8
< Content-Language: en
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:32:56 GMT
< Server: WebSphere Application Server/6.1
The following content is returned by the server:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<feed 
 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" 
 xmlns:snx="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn" 
 xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <generator 
   uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn" 
   version="2.5">Lotus Connections - Dogear</generator> 
  <title>Bookmarks - Bookmarks with Tags: candy</title> 
  <link 
   rel="self" 
   type="application/atom+xml" 
   href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/atom?tag=candy&lang=en" 
  /> 
  <link 
   rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/tag-cloud" 
   type="application/atomcat+xml" 
   href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/tags?tag=candy&lang=en" 
  /> 
  <link 
   rel="alternate" 
   type="text/html" 
   href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/html?tag=candy&lang=en" 
  /> 
  <opensearch:totalResults>3</opensearch:totalResults> 
  <id>tag:dogear.ibm.com,2005:feed:/?tag=candy&lang=en</id> 
  <updated>2008-02-07T14:47:21-05:00</updated> 
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dogear.ibm.com,2005:link:7EDG7F0000011A9595DFCD976AA63900000C</id> 
    <title>M&M's.com</title> 
    <category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="bookmark" /> 
    <link href="http://www.mms.com/" /> 
    <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[ 
				<div><p>
					The M&M Web site.
				</p></div>
		  ]]&gt; 
    </content>
    <published>2008-02-07T14:47:21-05:00</published> 
    <updated>2008-02-07T14:47:21-05:00</updated> 
    <category term="candy" /> 
    <author>
      <email>amy_jones5@us.acme.com</email> 
      <name>Amy jones5</name> 
      <snx:userid>9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-db08283b51b2</snx:userid>
      <uri>http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/html?
            userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-db08283b51b2&lang=en</uri> 
    </author>
    <snx:clickcount>0</snx:clickcount> 
    <link 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/same" 
     type="application/atom+xml" 
     href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/atom?
       for=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mms.com%2f&lang=en" /> 
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dogear.acme.com,2005:link:8DFG7F0000011A9595DFCD976AA63900000B</id> 
    <title>M&M's.com</title> 
    <category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="bookmark" /> 
    <link href="http://www.mms.com/" /> 
    <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[ 
				<div><p>
					The M&M Web site.
				</p></div>
		  ]]&gt; 
    </content>
    <published>2008-02-07T13:44:45-05:00</published> 
    <updated>2008-02-07T13:44:45-05:00</updated> 
    <category term="candy" /> 
    <author>
      <email>amy_jones11@us.acme.com</email> 
      <name>Amy jones11</name>
      <snx:userid>9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-db08253b51b2</snx:userid> 
      <uri>http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/html?
            userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-db08253b51b2&lang=en</uri> 
    </author>
    <snx:clickcount>1</snx:clickcount> 
    <link 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/same" 
     type="application/atom+xml" 
     href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/atom?
       for=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mms.com%2f&lang=en" /> 
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dogear.acme.com,2005:link:D4DG7F000001FA4D5E7554114007F500002F</id> 
    <title>Hershey's</title> 
    <category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="bookmark" /> 
    <link href="http://www.hersheys.com" /> 
    <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[ 
				<div><p>
					
           <div>
             <div>
               <p>Bookmark 2 of 3 created on day 30</p>
             </div>
             
             <br />
             <br />
           </div>
				</p></div>
		  ]]&gt; 
    </content>
    <published>2007-12-17T16:46:16-05:00</published> 
    <updated>2007-12-17T16:46:17-05:00</updated> 
    <category term="bookmark" /> 
    <category term="candy" /> 
    <category term="chocolate" /> 
    <author>
       <email>buser91@us.acme.com</email> 
       <name>Bill User91</name>
       <snx:userid>9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-db08223b51b2</snx:userid> 
       <uri>http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/html?
         email=buser91%40us.acme.com&lang=en</uri> 
    </author>
    <snx:clickcount>0</snx:clickcount> 
    <link 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/same" 
     type="application/atom+xml" 
     href="http://dogear.enterprise.acme.com:9084/dogear/atom?
       for=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hersheys.com&lang=en" 
    /> 
  </entry>
</feed>
Example
To search for all bookmarks created by the user with the user ID 9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2, send the following HTTP request:
GET /dogear/atom?userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2
> Authorization: Basic ...
> Host: dogear.acme.com:9443
> Accept: */*
The following content is returned by the server:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed 
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" 
  xmlns:snx="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn" 
  xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
	 <generator 
     uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn" 
     version="2.5">Lotus Connections - Dogear
   </generator>
	 <title>Bookmarks - Bookmarks for 9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2</title>
	 <link 
     rel="self" 
     type="application/atom+xml" 
     href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/api/app?
      email=mary_lou%40acme.com&amp;sort=date&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;lang=en_US" />
	 <link 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/tag-cloud" 
     type="application/atomcat+xml" 
     href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/tags?userid=
      9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2&amp;sort=date&amp;
       sortOrder=desc&amp;lang=en_US" />
	 <link 
     rel="next" 
     href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/api/app?
      userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2&amp;page=2&amp;
       sort=date&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;
      lang=en_US" type="application/atom+xml"/>
	 <link 
     rel="last" 
     href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/api/app?
      userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2&amp;page=2&amp;
       sort=date&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;
      lang=en_US" type="application/atom+xml"/>
	 <link 
     rel="alternate" 
     type="text/html" 
     href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/html?userid=
      9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2&amp;sort=date&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;
       lang=en_US"/>
	 <opensearch:totalResults>20</opensearch:totalResults>
	 <id>tag:dogear.ibm.com,2005:feed:/?userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2
     &amp;sort=date&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;lang=en_US</id>
	 <updated>2007-12-20T11:44:48-05:00</updated>
	 <author>
     <name>LCserver1@us ibm com</name>
     <email>mary_lou@acme.com</email>
     <snx:userid>9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2</snx:userid>
   </author>
   <entry>
			<id>tag:dogear.ibm.com,2005:link:EC8G0921951A5CBCF2ED0D51A8C20B00000D</id>
			<title>Red Sox Home Page&lt;07 World Series Champs&amp;Ben&#039;s 
        Favorite&gt;</title>
			<category scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type" term="bookmark" />
			<link href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com" />
			<link rel="edit" 
        type="application/atom+xml" 
        href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/api/app?
         url=http%3a%2f%2fboston.redsox.mlb.com" />
			 <content type="html"><![CDATA[
				<div>
          <p>
				   <div>
				 	   <p>World Series Bound&lt;07 World Series Champs&amp;Ben's 
               Favorite&gt;</p>
				   </div>
				 </p>
         </div>
			 ]]&gt;</content>
			<published>2007-12-20T11:44:44-05:00</published>
			<updated>2007-12-20T11:44:44-05:00</updated>
			<category term="04ws"/>
			<category term="mlb"/>
			<category term="ws07"/>
			<author>
        <email>mary_lou@acme.com</email>
        <name>Mary Lou</name>
        <snx:userid>9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2</snx:userid>
        <uri>https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/html?userid=
         9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2</uri>
       </author>
			<snx:clickcount>0</snx:clickcount>
			<link 
        rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/same" 
        type="application/atom+xml"
			 href="https://dogear.acme.com:9443/dogear/atom?
        for=http%3a%2f%2fboston.redsox.mlb.com" />
		 </entry>
      ...
</feed>
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Parameter	Description
access	Filters the bookmarks based on whether they are private or public. Options are: any Returns all bookmarks only if the request is made over secure http (https). If the request is made over https, it is redirected to the /mybookmarks URI. If the request is made over http, only public bookmarks are returned. This value is the default value. private Only returns private bookmarks. Private bookmarks can only be accessed by their owner, and only if the owner is authenticated. The user is prompted to log in and is redirected to the /mybookmarks URI from which only private bookmarks are returned. public Only returns public bookmarks.
base	Returns only bookmarks to pages hosted by a given Web site. For example, to retrieve only bookmarks to pages on the Web site www.w3c.org/TR, specify "base=www.w3.org/TR"
email	Internet e-mail address. Returns bookmarks created by the user specified by the e-mail address. Format the HTTP request using the proper URL encoding. For example, the encoded form of the @ symbol is %40 as in: adam_eventide%40garden.com Do not use this parameter if Lotus Connections is configured to prevent e-mail addresses from being displayed. Use the userid parameter instead.
lang	Language code. Language for strings in the output. If not specified, the language specified by the first matching client, typically the Web browser, is used, if available. The server then redirects the request to add this parameter to the URL. Specify this parameter to avoid the redirect.
network	Filters the bookmarks based on the network that it is available from. Options are: all Returns all bookmarks. This value is the default value. internet Only returns the bookmarks that link to Internet resources, which are visible outside the intranet firewall. intranet Only returns the bookmarks that link to resources available on the corporate intranet, that is, resources that are not externally visible.
page	Page number. Specifies the page to be returned. Default is 1.
ps	Page size. Specifies the number of entries to return per page. Default 10. Maximum value allowed is 50.
search	Well-formed full text search query. Performs a text search on the title, description, and tags of all bookmarks. Orders results by relevance. Respects other constraints. Help topic "Using advanced search options", available from the Bookmarks user interface, provides details on the search operators you can use in the search query to perform advanced searches for bookmarks. When you use this parameter, search can only find bookmarks that the indexer has processed. The indexing interval is stored in a configuration property that your administrator can configure. See Managing search and index operations in the Administering section of the Lotus Connections information center for more details.
searchOperator	Default operator between search terms. Options are: and or The default value is set by your system administrator. Use in conjunction with "search" parameter to override the system default operator for search queries.
showFavIcon	Includes links to bookmark icons (also known as "favorite icons") in the response. Bookmarks uses link relation "http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/icon" to identify this link in a bookmark Atom entry. Boolean. Options are: false Links to bookmark icons are not included. This value is the default value. true Includes links to bookmark icons.
since	Includes in the resulting feed all bookmarks updated after a specified date. Specify the date using a date-time value that conforms to RFC3339. Use an upper case "T" to separate the date and time, and an uppercase "Z" in the absence of a numeric time zone offset. For example: 2009-01-04T20:32:31.171Z.
sort	Specifies how the results should be sorted. Options are: date Bookmark entries are sorted by the date they were created. This value is the default value. popularity Bookmarks are sorted by popularity.
sortOrder	Specifies the order the results should be sorted in. Options are: asc Bookmarks are sorted in ascending order (oldest to newest, or least to most popular). desc Bookmarks are sorted in descending order (newest to oldest, or most to least popular). This value is the default value.
tag	Returns bookmarks with the specified tag. You can search for multiple tags; separate the tags with a space or comma. If you use a space, URL-encode the space using %20. Only bookmarks with all of the tags that you specify are returned.
url	A well-formed Web address. Returns bookmarks for the given Web address. When you use this parameter, all other search parameters are ignored.
userid	Unique ID that represents a specific person.