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bookmarks.getTree()

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bookmarks.getTree() returns an array containing the root of the bookmarks tree as a {{WebExtAPIRef("bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode")}} object.

You can access the entire tree recursively using its children property and the children property of its descendants, if they are themselves folders.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js-nolint
let gettingTree = browser.bookmarks.getTree()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with an array containing one object, a bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode object representing the root node.

Examples

This example prints out the entire bookmarks tree:

js
function makeIndent(indentLength) {
  return ".".repeat(indentLength);
}

function logItems(bookmarkItem, indent) {
  if (bookmarkItem.url) {
    console.log(makeIndent(indent) + bookmarkItem.url);
  } else {
    console.log(`${makeIndent(indent)}Folder`);
    indent++;
  }
  if (bookmarkItem.children) {
    for (const child of bookmarkItem.children) {
      logItems(child, indent);
    }
  }
  indent--;
}

function logTree(bookmarkItems) {
  logItems(bookmarkItems[0], 0);
}

function onRejected(error) {
  console.log(`An error: ${error}`);
}

let gettingTree = browser.bookmarks.getTree();
gettingTree.then(logTree, onRejected);

{{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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