How to handle bookmarks

[kelson42]

Each Kiwix reader handles bookmarks on its own although this is always the same:

• Add
• Get
• Remove
• Export
• Import

I wonder if this would be a smart idea to propose the primitive in the libkiwix?

[mgautierfr]

This is already the case.
Search for bookmark in library.h

[kelson42]

@mgautierfr Really good, do we have a storage backend in it? An xml/json file for bookmarks (something like for the local library)?

[mgautierfr]

Yes, kiwix-desktop should write a xml file along with your library.xml file.
Something like ~/.local/share/kiwix/library/library.bookmarks.xml (or another path if you are on Windows or using flatpak)

[kelson42]

@mgautierfr Actually all this is for kiwix-android. Wonder how much we could/should share with other readers like kiwix-desktop. Wouldn't be good to have the reader/writer within libkiwix? Actually I have the sqme question for the library.xml?

[mgautierfr]

Saving the bookmarks is made with kiwix::Library::writeBookmarksToFile and reading a bookmark file is done with kiwix::Manager::readBookmarkFile. This follow the same convention than for writing/reading library.xml.

Other projects just have to use the methods.