Bookmark file parser: GLib Reference Manual

## Bookmark file parser Bookmark file parser — parses files containing bookmarks |

## Functions

GBookmarkFile * | g_bookmark_file_new ()
void | g_bookmark_file_free ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_load_from_file ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_load_from_data ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_load_from_data_dirs ()
gchar * | g_bookmark_file_to_data ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_to_file ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_has_item ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_has_group ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_has_application ()
gint | g_bookmark_file_get_size ()
gchar ** | g_bookmark_file_get_uris ()
gchar * | g_bookmark_file_get_title ()
gchar * | g_bookmark_file_get_description ()
gchar * | g_bookmark_file_get_mime_type ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_get_is_private ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_get_icon ()
time_t | g_bookmark_file_get_added ()
time_t | g_bookmark_file_get_modified ()
time_t | g_bookmark_file_get_visited ()
gchar ** | g_bookmark_file_get_groups ()
gchar ** | g_bookmark_file_get_applications ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_get_app_info ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_title ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_description ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_mime_type ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_is_private ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_icon ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_added ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_groups ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_modified ()
void | g_bookmark_file_set_visited ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_set_app_info ()
void | g_bookmark_file_add_group ()
void | g_bookmark_file_add_application ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_remove_group ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_remove_application ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_remove_item ()
gboolean | g_bookmark_file_move_item ()

## Types and Values

| GBookmarkFile
#define | G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR
enum | GBookmarkFileError

## Includes

    #include <glib.h>

## Description

GBookmarkFile lets you parse, edit or create files containing bookmarks to URI, along with some meta-data about the resource pointed by the URI like its MIME type, the application that is registering the bookmark and the icon that should be used to represent the bookmark. The data is stored using the Desktop Bookmark Specification.

The syntax of the bookmark files is described in detail inside the Desktop Bookmark Specification, here is a quick summary: bookmark files use a sub-class of the XML Bookmark Exchange Language specification, consisting of valid UTF-8 encoded XML, under the <xbel> root element; each bookmark is stored inside a <bookmark> element, using its URI: no relative paths can be used inside a bookmark file. The bookmark may have a user defined title and description, to be used instead of the URI. Under the <metadata> element, with its owner attribute set to `http://freedesktop.org`, is stored the meta-data about a resource pointed by its URI. The meta-data consists of the resource's MIME type; the applications that have registered a bookmark; the groups to which a bookmark belongs to; a visibility flag, used to set the bookmark as "private" to the applications and groups that has it registered; the URI and MIME type of an icon, to be used when displaying the bookmark inside a GUI.

Here is an example of a bookmark file: bookmarks.xbel

A bookmark file might contain more than one bookmark; each bookmark is accessed through its URI.

The important caveat of bookmark files is that when you add a new bookmark you must also add the application that is registering it, using `g_bookmark_file_add_application()` or `g_bookmark_file_set_app_info()`. If a bookmark has no applications then it won't be dumped when creating the on disk representation, using `g_bookmark_file_to_data()` or `g_bookmark_file_to_file()`.

The GBookmarkFile parser was added in GLib 2.12.

## Functions

### g_bookmark_file_new ()

    GBookmarkFile *
    g_bookmark_file_new (void);

Creates a new empty GBookmarkFile object.

Use `g_bookmark_file_load_from_file()`, `g_bookmark_file_load_from_data()` or `g_bookmark_file_load_from_data_dirs()` to read an existing bookmark file.

#### Returns

an empty GBookmarkFile

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_free ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_free (GBookmarkFile *bookmark);

Frees a GBookmarkFile.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_load_from_file ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_load_from_file (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                    const gchar *filename,
                                    GError **error);

Loads a desktop bookmark file into an empty GBookmarkFile structure. If the file could not be loaded then `error` is set to either a GFileError or GBookmarkFileError.

#### Parameters

bookmark | an empty GBookmarkFile struct |
filename | the path of a filename to load, in the GLib file name encoding |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if a desktop bookmark file could be loaded

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_load_from_data ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_load_from_data (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                    const gchar *data,
                                    gsize length,
                                    GError **error);

Loads a bookmark file from memory into an empty GBookmarkFile structure. If the object cannot be created then `error` is set to a GBookmarkFileError.

#### Parameters

bookmark | an empty GBookmarkFile struct |
data | desktop bookmarks loaded in memory |
length | the length of `data` in bytes |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if a desktop bookmark could be loaded.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_load_from_data_dirs ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_load_from_data_dirs (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                         const gchar *file,
                                         gchar **full_path,
                                         GError **error);

This function looks for a desktop bookmark file named `file` in the paths returned from `g_get_user_data_dir()` and `g_get_system_data_dirs()`, loads the file into `bookmark` and returns the file's full path in `full_path` . If the file could not be loaded then an `error` is set to either a GFileError or GBookmarkFileError.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
file | a relative path to a filename to open and parse |
full_path | return location for a string containing the full path of the file, or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if a key file could be loaded, `FALSE` otherwise

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_to_data ()

    gchar *
    g_bookmark_file_to_data (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                             gsize *length,
                             GError **error);

This function outputs `bookmark` as a string.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
length | return location for the length of the returned string, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated string holding the contents of the GBookmarkFile

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_to_file ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_to_file (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                             const gchar *filename,
                             GError **error);

This function outputs `bookmark` into a file. The write process is guaranteed to be atomic by using `g_file_set_contents()` internally.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
filename | path of the output file |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the file was successfully written.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_has_item ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_has_item (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                              const gchar *uri);

Looks whether the desktop bookmark has an item with its URI set to `uri` .

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `uri` is inside `bookmark` , `FALSE` otherwise

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_has_group ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_has_group (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               const gchar *group,
                               GError **error);

Checks whether `group` appears in the list of groups to which the bookmark for `uri` belongs to.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
group | the group name to be searched |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `group` was found.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_has_application ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_has_application (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                     const gchar *uri,
                                     const gchar *name,
                                     GError **error);

Checks whether the bookmark for `uri` inside `bookmark` has been registered by application `name` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
name | the name of the application |
error | return location for a GError or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the application `name` was found

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_size ()

    gint
    g_bookmark_file_get_size (GBookmarkFile *bookmark);

Gets the number of bookmarks inside `bookmark` .

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |

#### Returns

the number of bookmarks

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_uris ()

    gchar **
    g_bookmark_file_get_uris (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                              gsize *length);

Returns all URIs of the bookmarks in the bookmark file `bookmark` . The array of returned URIs will be `NULL`-terminated, so `length` may optionally be `NULL`.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
length | return location for the number of returned URIs, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]

#### Returns

a newly allocated `NULL`-terminated array of strings. Use `g_strfreev()` to free it.

[array length=length][transfer full]

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_title ()

    gchar *
    g_bookmark_file_get_title (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               GError **error);

Returns the title of the bookmark for `uri` .

If `uri` is `NULL`, the title of `bookmark` is returned.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated string or `NULL` if the specified URI cannot be found.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_description ()

    gchar *
    g_bookmark_file_get_description (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                     const gchar *uri,
                                     GError **error);

Retrieves the description of the bookmark for `uri` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated string or `NULL` if the specified URI cannot be found.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_mime_type ()

    gchar *
    g_bookmark_file_get_mime_type (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                   const gchar *uri,
                                   GError **error);

Retrieves the MIME type of the resource pointed by `uri` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND. In the event that the MIME type cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated string or `NULL` if the specified URI cannot be found.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_is_private ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_get_is_private (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                    const gchar *uri,
                                    GError **error);

Gets whether the private flag of the bookmark for `uri` is set.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND. In the event that the private flag cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the private flag is set, `FALSE` otherwise.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_icon ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_get_icon (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                              const gchar *uri,
                              gchar **href,
                              gchar **mime_type,
                              GError **error);

Gets the icon of the bookmark for `uri` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
href | return location for the icon's location or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
mime_type | return location for the icon's MIME type or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
error | return location for a GError or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the icon for the bookmark for the URI was found. You should free the returned strings.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_added ()

    time_t
    g_bookmark_file_get_added (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               GError **error);

Gets the time the bookmark for `uri` was added to `bookmark`

In the event the URI cannot be found, -1 is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a timestamp

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_modified ()

    time_t
    g_bookmark_file_get_modified (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                  const gchar *uri,
                                  GError **error);

Gets the time when the bookmark for `uri` was last modified.

In the event the URI cannot be found, -1 is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a timestamp

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_visited ()

    time_t
    g_bookmark_file_get_visited (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                 const gchar *uri,
                                 GError **error);

Gets the time the bookmark for `uri` was last visited.

In the event the URI cannot be found, -1 is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a timestamp.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_groups ()

    gchar **
    g_bookmark_file_get_groups (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                const gchar *uri,
                                gsize *length,
                                GError **error);

Retrieves the list of group names of the bookmark for `uri` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

The returned array is `NULL` terminated, so `length` may optionally be `NULL`.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
length | return location for the length of the returned string, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated `NULL`-terminated array of group names. Use `g_strfreev()` to free it.

[array length=length][transfer full]

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_applications ()

    gchar **
    g_bookmark_file_get_applications (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                      const gchar *uri,
                                      gsize *length,
                                      GError **error);

Retrieves the names of the applications that have registered the bookmark for `uri` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `NULL` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
length | return location of the length of the returned list, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

a newly allocated `NULL`-terminated array of strings. Use `g_strfreev()` to free it.

[array length=length][transfer full]

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_get_app_info ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_get_app_info (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                  const gchar *uri,
                                  const gchar *name,
                                  gchar **exec,
                                  guint *count,
                                  time_t *stamp,
                                  GError **error);

Gets the registration informations of `app_name` for the bookmark for `uri` . See `g_bookmark_file_set_app_info()` for more informations about the returned data.

The string returned in `app_exec` must be freed.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND. In the event that no application with name `app_name` has registered a bookmark for `uri` , `FALSE` is returned and error is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_APP_NOT_REGISTERED. In the event that unquoting the command line fails, an error of the G_SHELL_ERROR domain is set and `FALSE` is returned.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
name | an application's name |
exec | return location for the command line of the application, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
count | return location for the registration count, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
stamp | return location for the last registration time, or `NULL`. | [allow-none][out]
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` on success.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_title ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_title (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               const gchar *title);

Sets `title` as the title of the bookmark for `uri` inside the bookmark file `bookmark` .

If `uri` is `NULL`, the title of `bookmark` is set.

If a bookmark for `uri` cannot be found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
title | a UTF-8 encoded string |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_description ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_description (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                     const gchar *uri,
                                     const gchar *description);

Sets `description` as the description of the bookmark for `uri` .

If `uri` is `NULL`, the description of `bookmark` is set.

If a bookmark for `uri` cannot be found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
description | a string |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_mime_type ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_mime_type (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                   const gchar *uri,
                                   const gchar *mime_type);

Sets `mime_type` as the MIME type of the bookmark for `uri` .

If a bookmark for `uri` cannot be found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
mime_type | a MIME type |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_is_private ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_is_private (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                    const gchar *uri,
                                    gboolean is_private);

Sets the private flag of the bookmark for `uri` .

If a bookmark for `uri` cannot be found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
is_private | `TRUE` if the bookmark should be marked as private |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_icon ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_icon (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                              const gchar *uri,
                              const gchar *href,
                              const gchar *mime_type);

Sets the icon for the bookmark for `uri` . If `href` is `NULL`, unsets the currently set icon. `href` can either be a full URL for the icon file or the icon name following the Icon Naming specification.

If no bookmark for `uri` is found one is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
href | the URI of the icon for the bookmark, or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
mime_type | the MIME type of the icon for the bookmark |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_added ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_added (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               time_t added);

Sets the time the bookmark for `uri` was added into `bookmark` .

If no bookmark for `uri` is found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
added | a timestamp or -1 to use the current time |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_groups ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_groups (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                const gchar *uri,
                                const gchar **groups,
                                gsize length);

Sets a list of group names for the item with URI `uri` . Each previously set group name list is removed.

If `uri` cannot be found then an item for it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | an item's URI |
groups | an array of group names, or `NULL` to remove all groups. | [allow-none]
length | number of group name values in `groups` |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_modified ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_modified (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                  const gchar *uri,
                                  time_t modified);

Sets the last time the bookmark for `uri` was last modified.

If no bookmark for `uri` is found then it is created.

The "modified" time should only be set when the bookmark's meta-data was actually changed. Every function of GBookmarkFile that modifies a bookmark also changes the modification time, except for `g_bookmark_file_set_visited()`.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
modified | a timestamp or -1 to use the current time |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_visited ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_set_visited (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                 const gchar *uri,
                                 time_t visited);

Sets the time the bookmark for `uri` was last visited.

If no bookmark for `uri` is found then it is created.

The "visited" time should only be set if the bookmark was launched, either using the command line retrieved by `g_bookmark_file_get_app_info()` or by the default application for the bookmark's MIME type, retrieved using `g_bookmark_file_get_mime_type()`. Changing the "visited" time does not affect the "modified" time.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
visited | a timestamp or -1 to use the current time |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_set_app_info ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_set_app_info (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                  const gchar *uri,
                                  const gchar *name,
                                  const gchar *exec,
                                  gint count,
                                  time_t stamp,
                                  GError **error);

Sets the meta-data of application `name` inside the list of applications that have registered a bookmark for `uri` inside `bookmark` .

You should rarely use this function; use `g_bookmark_file_add_application()` and `g_bookmark_file_remove_application()` instead.

`name` can be any UTF-8 encoded string used to identify an application. `exec` can have one of these two modifiers: "%f", which will be expanded as the local file name retrieved from the bookmark's URI; "%u", which will be expanded as the bookmark's URI. The expansion is done automatically when retrieving the stored command line using the `g_bookmark_file_get_app_info()` function. `count` is the number of times the application has registered the bookmark; if is < 0, the current registration count will be increased by one, if is 0, the application with `name` will be removed from the list of registered applications. `stamp` is the Unix time of the last registration; if it is -1, the current time will be used.

If you try to remove an application by setting its registration count to zero, and no bookmark for `uri` is found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND; similarly, in the event that no application `name` has registered a bookmark for `uri` , `FALSE` is returned and error is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_APP_NOT_REGISTERED. Otherwise, if no bookmark for `uri` is found, one is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
name | an application's name |
exec | an application's command line |
count | the number of registrations done for this application |
stamp | the time of the last registration for this application |
error | return location for a GError or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the application's meta-data was successfully changed.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_add_group ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_add_group (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *uri,
                               const gchar *group);

Adds `group` to the list of groups to which the bookmark for `uri` belongs to.

If no bookmark for `uri` is found then it is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
group | the group name to be added |

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_add_application ()

    void
    g_bookmark_file_add_application (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                     const gchar *uri,
                                     const gchar *name,
                                     const gchar *exec);

Adds the application with `name` and `exec` to the list of applications that have registered a bookmark for `uri` into `bookmark` .

Every bookmark inside a GBookmarkFile must have at least an application registered. Each application must provide a name, a command line useful for launching the bookmark, the number of times the bookmark has been registered by the application and the last time the application registered this bookmark.

If `name` is `NULL`, the name of the application will be the same returned by `g_get_application_name()`; if `exec` is `NULL`, the command line will be a composition of the program name as returned by `g_get_prgname()` and the "%u" modifier, which will be expanded to the bookmark's URI.

This function will automatically take care of updating the registrations count and timestamping in case an application with the same `name` had already registered a bookmark for `uri` inside `bookmark` .

If no bookmark for `uri` is found, one is created.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
name | the name of the application registering the bookmark or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
exec | command line to be used to launch the bookmark or `NULL`. | [allow-none]

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_remove_group ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_remove_group (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                  const gchar *uri,
                                  const gchar *group,
                                  GError **error);

Removes `group` from the list of groups to which the bookmark for `uri` belongs to.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND. In the event no group was defined, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
group | the group name to be removed |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `group` was successfully removed.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_remove_application ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_remove_application (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                        const gchar *uri,
                                        const gchar *name,
                                        GError **error);

Removes application registered with `name` from the list of applications that have registered a bookmark for `uri` inside `bookmark` .

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND. In the event that no application with name `app_name` has registered a bookmark for `uri` , `FALSE` is returned and error is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_APP_NOT_REGISTERED.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
name | the name of the application |
error | return location for a GError or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the application was successfully removed.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_remove_item ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_remove_item (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                                 const gchar *uri,
                                 GError **error);

Removes the bookmark for `uri` from the bookmark file `bookmark` .

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
uri | a valid URI |
error | return location for a GError, or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the bookmark was removed successfully.

Since: 2.12

### g_bookmark_file_move_item ()

    gboolean
    g_bookmark_file_move_item (GBookmarkFile *bookmark,
                               const gchar *old_uri,
                               const gchar *new_uri,
                               GError **error);

Changes the URI of a bookmark item from `old_uri` to `new_uri` . Any existing bookmark for `new_uri` will be overwritten. If `new_uri` is `NULL`, then the bookmark is removed.

In the event the URI cannot be found, `FALSE` is returned and `error` is set to G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND.

#### Parameters

bookmark | a GBookmarkFile |
old_uri | a valid URI |
new_uri | a valid URI, or `NULL`. | [allow-none]
error | return location for a GError or `NULL` |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the URI was successfully changed

Since: 2.12

## Types and Values

### GBookmarkFile

    typedef struct _GBookmarkFile GBookmarkFile;

The `GBookmarkFile` structure contains only private data and should not be directly accessed.

### G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR

    #define G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR (g_bookmark_file_error_quark ())

Error domain for bookmark file parsing. Errors in this domain will be from the GBookmarkFileError enumeration. See GError for information on error domains.

### enum GBookmarkFileError

Error codes returned by bookmark file parsing.

#### Members

G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_URI | URI was ill-formed |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE | a requested field was not found |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_APP_NOT_REGISTERED | a requested application did not register a bookmark |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_URI_NOT_FOUND | a requested URI was not found |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_READ | document was ill formed |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING | the text being parsed was in an unknown encoding |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_WRITE | an error occurred while writing |
G_BOOKMARK_FILE_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND | requested file was not found |