API compatibility with delicious v1 standard

[gingerbeardman]

It would be great if the APi was compatible with delicious v1 standard, as used by pinboard, shiori, etc. https://pinboard.in/api/

If it was compatible then apps that support that standard API could be used with Linkding.

Currently it is close, but incompatible.

I am trying to POST to the API without much success, it feels like reinventing the wheel.

[clach04]

@gingerbeardman what sort of existing applications did you have in mind?

I use Android and whilst there is a (slightly complicated) option for Share To with Android and LinkDing https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/commit/68143de992e471bb9a5d451e7ffd3380a3ec0ec9.

I had a similar idea to yours but with the Shaarli REST API (again to avoid modifying existing clients). https://github.com/dimtion/Shaarlier is a send to Shaarli tool that works and I was wondering about adding the bare minimum to support info and add/create so this could be used natively with LinkDing (with some vague hand-waving on how to deal with the difference in authentication implementation between the two, Shaarli uses JWTs).

[gingerbeardman]

On Mac

• https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bookmarker-for-pinboard/id1451400394?mt=12 (open source)
• https://aki-null.net/shiori/

On iPhone

• https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pinner-for-pinboard/id591613202

That Android app looks like just the ticket. I could not get the iOS share sheet tip to work, it would be a good start as I use the add interface mostly.

There are lots of great iOS and macOS apps that are targetted at the delicious v1 API that Pinboard uses.

[gingerbeardman]

For your idea of Shaarli there are fewer apps for iOS/macOS but I just found one: https://github.com/hartlco/aarle

[clach04]

@gingerbeardman I had some free time today and made a start on https://github.com/clach04/fake-shaarli-server - at this stage it's only a proof of concept, it pretends to understand enough of the Shaarli api so a couple of clients work. But this server doesn't do anything at the moment. Sharing now, in case you have time/energy to look at it and think about doing something for delicious v1 standard.

I stumbled across issue #98 today which is pretty much what I would like but I'm planning on trying to wrap up the server so it does what I want it to do.

[rounakdatta]

There's also the amazing Pinkt app on Android. Re-using it would be a huge plus! :)

[clach04]

@rounakdatta interesting idea, I'm assuming Pinkt uses the old v1 API http://pinboard.in/api (rather than http://pinboard.in/api/v2/overview)? That would get you 50% of the way there :)

I took a quick scan and did install https://github.com/fibelatti/pinboard-kotlin BUT it appears to be hard coded to using http://pinboard.in/ so unless you want to add support for configurable URLs that's unlikely to fly :(

https://github.com/dimtion/Shaarlier works with LinkDing (via the bridge above) because Shaarlier allows config of the server end point.

[gingerbeardman]

@clach04 I went back to Pinboard, but I really do not align with the guy who runs it. So here I am a year on with a bit of time on my hands and I am trying to move away from it again.

My main motivation is to keep using the existing tools for interacting with Pinboard (Pinner/PinShard on iOS, Shiori/Alfred on macOS). There's a good Linkding app for iOS, so that just leaves macOS.

So I am part way through creating a Pinboard/Delicious V1 compatible API (in PHP, which is what I know least bad) that is a thin layer redirecting to Linkding.

I have hex edited the tool I use to add bookmarks, replacing api.del.icio.us with a short URL of my own.

And I just added my first URL to Linkding using this setup :)

So thanks for the idea!