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bookmarks.create()

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Creates a bookmark or folder as a child of the {{WebExtAPIRef("bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode", "BookmarkTreeNode")}} with the specified parentId. To create a folder, omit or leave empty the {{WebExtAPIRef("bookmarks.CreateDetails", "CreateDetails", "url")}} parameter.

[!WARNING] If your extension tries to create a new bookmark in the bookmark tree's root node, it raises an error: "The bookmark root cannot be modified" and the bookmark won't be created.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js-nolint
let createBookmark = browser.bookmarks.create(
  bookmark                  // CreateDetails object
)

Parameters

  • bookmark
    • : A {{WebExtAPIRef("bookmarks.CreateDetails")}} object.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a {{WebExtAPIRef('bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode', 'BookmarkTreeNode')}} that describes the new bookmark node.

[!NOTE] If you create multiple bookmarks, because this API is asynchronous, the create calls may get processed in any order. Consequently, the value of each bookmark's index returned in {{WebExtAPIRef('bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode', 'BookmarkTreeNode')}} may change or be unknown until all the create calls are completed. If the index associated with a bookmark matters to your extension, then – when creating multiple bookmarks – the extension should wait for each bookmarks.create call to complete before creating the next bookmark. Waiting ensures that the index associated with each bookmark is not affected by a create call executing concurrently while the original call is in progress.

Examples

This example creates a bookmark for this page, placing it in the default folder ("Other Bookmarks" in Firefox and Chrome).

js
function onCreated(node) {
  console.log(node);
}

let createBookmark = browser.bookmarks.create({
  title: "bookmarks.create() on MDN",
  url: "https://developer.mozilla.org/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/bookmarks/create",
});

createBookmark.then(onCreated);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium's chrome.bookmarks API. This documentation is derived from bookmarks.json in the Chromium code.

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