Introducing the Opera Link API

October 14, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Opera Link has been around for some years now, but so far it has been available only in Opera products. That has finally changed! With the Opera Link API now available, you can now develop your own applications that can both read and write Opera Link data.

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Mağruf ÇolakoğluThursday, October 14, 2010 1:34:44 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/ThumbsUp.gif -
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaThursday, October 14, 2010 1:47:20 PM
Good step. Services with API available are more useful and usually more popular.
ZodiusThursday, October 14, 2010 1:54:54 PM
Opera gets better and better all the time!
Martin KadlecThursday, October 14, 2010 1:58:32 PM
What about some Link API for extensions/userJS
TamilThursday, October 14, 2010 2:01:53 PM
Anton TsigularovThursday, October 14, 2010 2:05:22 PM
Quick link to the API spec:

http://www.opera.com/docs/apis/linkrest/
Anton TsigularovThursday, October 14, 2010 2:19:51 PM
Speaking of which - feedback forum for Opera Link is here:

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=10440
Ikeonu onyeka de doveThursday, October 14, 2010 2:54:28 PM
thanks my opera for the APL
Charles SchlossThursday, October 14, 2010 3:21:33 PM
deluminathorThursday, October 14, 2010 4:06:01 PM
Great! Now I can write an application for Android to manage my Opera Notes
Agboola femi TimThursday, October 14, 2010 4:06:32 PM
When pleasure and satisfactn is high no comment.
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" LøvliThursday, October 14, 2010 5:28:45 PM
Cool. I can feel delicious and xmarks sync coming up.
Esteban Manchado VelázquezThursday, October 14, 2010 7:48:37 PM
I can't promise anything, but we'll probably release a couple of demos/sample applications soon-ish... ;-)
DanielThursday, October 14, 2010 8:01:38 PM
Witold BarylukThursday, October 14, 2010 9:38:56 PM
Yes! I was asking this for years! THANKS.
HokkutFriday, October 15, 2010 5:51:11 AM
wow thanks
Anaclet kasalaFriday, October 15, 2010 6:34:13 AM
Thanks Opera for all
JenifferryFriday, October 15, 2010 10:27:37 AM
Cul.Cul.Cul.Cul.Cul.Cul.Link opera,But....
Arun KumarFriday, October 15, 2010 10:34:10 AM
Does this mean we are going to have another cross browser Bookmark sync..
I heard Xmarks is gonna be shut down soon..
Ivan FilhoFriday, October 15, 2010 10:40:04 AM
I'd been thinking about how awesome this would be, and now it's true!
Witold BarylukFriday, October 15, 2010 1:06:00 PM
I was looking at Link API yestarday.

I see main features missing:
- search and url filters items
- date of modification / ~~creation~~ / last use of given item (i.e. bookmark)
- no user defined item types (even additional metadata, or it is possible?)
- generic mechanism to synchronize properly this items beetwen computers (especially if one of them was offline for extensive time).
Anton TsigularovFriday, October 15, 2010 2:05:46 PM
The dates of creation and last visited are there. Check carefully the API docs.

True - no user defined item types at this point.

I'm not sure what you mean by "generic mechanism to synchronize properly this items beetwen computers". The browsers are already handling this on their own.

If you need further details about something - feel free to start a thread in the Opera Link feedback forum, we're always willing to help
beny syakirFriday, October 15, 2010 2:37:11 PM
goods
Mike MangerFriday, October 15, 2010 4:24:07 PM
This is fantastic! Now for someone to take the first step and build an Opera Link extensions for Firefox/Chrome.
DanieleFriday, October 15, 2010 5:57:27 PM
Waiting for an application that let you modify your synchronized data without using opera!
deluminathorFriday, October 15, 2010 6:04:32 PM
Originally posted by darklink88:

Waiting for an application that let you modify your synchronized data without using opera!

You can do it using Web interface for Opera Link: http://link.opera.com/
AdrianPMFriday, October 15, 2010 6:34:59 PM
Interesting step you took there.
PardusParsFriday, October 15, 2010 6:48:21 PM
DanieleFriday, October 15, 2010 10:16:16 PM
Originally posted by deluminathor:

You can do it using Web interface for Opera Link: http://link.opera.com/

Yes, I know that, but what I'd like to see is an app that let you modify your synchronized data without using a browser and that also allows you to save/upload it in/from your computer!
I need a feature like that because at the moment you can't say to Link when reading or writing data, and this caused some problems to me in the past.
Anton TsigularovSaturday, October 16, 2010 12:06:44 AM
I lost you on the last sentence, but - wait a just a little bit more
Mad Scientist (عادل)Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:20:59 AM
My main excuse for using Opera on my netbook was that my bookmarks are synced with my cellphone. (Operamini). Now I'll have to choose another excuse. .
Actually, this is a way forward towards open standards as I see it. .
It's not full 'cloud' computing, which is too expensive and restrictive for those of us with limited and expensive ISP options. . Yet it allows simple syncing of basic data. .
selurusSunday, October 17, 2010 6:52:21 AM
This is awesome
Now everyone can use Opera sync. Waiting to see how the applications are developed.
Hasret BakkalSunday, October 17, 2010 10:55:39 AM
Yes!Now That...
Hasret BakkalSunday, October 17, 2010 10:56:27 AM
Click on the Quote Link
Mark JastionSunday, October 17, 2010 1:30:13 PM
It is interesting
d4rkn1ghtWednesday, October 20, 2010 2:23:55 PM
Anton TsigularovThursday, October 21, 2010 8:38:29 AM
Meanwhile, on Github:

http://github.com/operasoftware

A tutorial for Python is available here, since .. now:

http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/building-your-first-link-api-application/
Anton TsigularovThursday, October 21, 2010 8:24:00 PM
Originally posted by drlaunch:

Cool. I can feel delicious and xmarks sync coming up.

Speaking of which - here's a how-to-do-it example:

http://github.com/operasoftware/xmarks-importer