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Bookmarks Question

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crablar commented

Is bookmarking purely client side, or could we potentially build a way to bookmark on the web frontend and users are able to listen on to their bookmarked episodes on mobile?

sterlingrules commented

For persistent bookmarking, it would not be purely client-side. We could definitely offer bookmarking on the web, as well as store a user's bookmarks and have them retrieved on mobile.

crablar commented

@MostafaGazar @thedc89 do you know if bookmarking is synced with the backend?

marcosschlup commented

We have a ready structure (and records in the db as favorites) but we have nothing in the Frontend. We need to add.

In the Frontend sketch I did not find a reference for the bookmark. I think we're going to have to invent one.

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thedc89 commented

I think the mechanism for bookmarking is already there. When you look at the API response (provided that user is authenticated), it sends both upvoted and bookmarked boolean values.

I use it in iOS version to display which episode has already been upvoted/bookmarked. I think we can do it pretty much the same way on the web without any backend modifications required.

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crablar commented

Thanks @thedc89 !

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MostafaGazar commented

Just concurring that bookmarks are tracked on the backend. This means you have to logged in to use this feature on Android.