Bookmarks API
A practical API for managing bookmarks with tags.
Example 047 of the basic Soma programs: a small, commented program that teaches one thing. Every output below was printed by soma 3.2.4 when this page was built.
How it is built
The cell BookmarksAPI keeps 2 memory slots: bookmarks (Map<String, String>, persistent and consistent) and meta (Map<String, Int>, persistent and consistent). Handlers: add (line 21), get (line 35), list_all (line 43) and demo (line 52).
The source
047_bookmarks_api.cell
// ============================================================================
// 047 — Bookmarks API
// ============================================================================
// A practical API for managing bookmarks with tags.
//
// Run: soma run 047_bookmarks_api.cell demo
// Expect:
// Added: Soma Docs (soma.dev)
// Added: Rust Book (rust-lang.org)
// Added: HN (news.ycombinator.com)
// All bookmarks: 3
// Bookmark 1: Soma Docs
cell BookmarksAPI {
memory {
bookmarks: Map<String, String> [persistent, consistent]
meta: Map<String, Int> [persistent, consistent]
}
on add(title: String, url: String, tag: String) {
let current = meta.get("next_id")
if current == () {
meta.set("next_id", 1)
}
let id = meta.get("next_id")
meta.set("next_id", id + 1)
let id_str = to_string(id)
let bookmark = map("id", id, "title", title, "url", url, "tag", tag)
bookmarks.set(id_str, to_json(bookmark))
return bookmark
}
on get(id: String) {
let raw = bookmarks.get(id)
if raw == () {
return response(404, map("error", "bookmark not found"))
}
return from_json(raw)
}
on list_all() {
let keys = bookmarks.keys()
let result = list()
for key in keys {
result = list(result, from_json(bookmarks.get(key)))
}
return result
}
on demo() {
let b1 = add("Soma Docs", "soma.dev", "dev")
print("Added: {b1.title} ({b1.url})")
let b2 = add("Rust Book", "rust-lang.org", "dev")
print("Added: {b2.title} ({b2.url})")
let b3 = add("HN", "news.ycombinator.com", "news")
print("Added: {b3.title} ({b3.url})")
let all = list_all()
let count = all.length
print("All bookmarks: {count}")
let found = get("1")
print("Bookmark 1: {found.title}")
return "done"
}
}What the toolchain says
$ soma check 047_bookmarks_api.cell
✓ All checks passed.$ soma run 047_bookmarks_api.cell demo
Added: Soma Docs (soma.dev)
Added: Rust Book (rust-lang.org)
Added: HN (news.ycombinator.com)
All bookmarks: 3
Bookmark 1: Soma Docs
done