Read single bookmark

Enterprise

This endpoint is part of Countly Enterprise. To get access, contact sales or compare versions. Existing customers can reach the support portal with questions.

Endpoint

/o?method=drill_bookmark

Overview

Returns one bookmark by ID if it is visible to the current member.

Authentication

Pass api_key or auth_token as a query parameter, or send countly-token as a header. See Authentication.

Permissions

Requires Read permission as evaluated by FEATURE_DEPENDENCIES (funnels, cohorts, users, drill, formulas).

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
method	String	Yes	Must be drill_bookmark.
app_id	String	Yes	Target app ID.
_id	String	Yes	Bookmark ID.
api_key	String	Conditional	Required if auth_token is not provided.
auth_token	String	Conditional	Required if api_key is not provided.

Examples

/o?method=drill_bookmark&
  app_id=64f5c0d8f4f7ac0012ab3456&
  _id=67bd31c92e7f0b0012ab4567

Response

Success Response

{
  "_id": "67bd31c92e7f0b0012ab4567",
  "name": "US iOS Sessions",
  "event_key": "[CLY]_session",
  "desc": "Sessions for iOS users in US",
  "global": false,
  "creator": "64f5bf79f4f7ac0012ab1234",
  "query_obj": "{\"up.cc\":\"US\",\"up.p\":\"ios\"}",
  "query_text": "Country is US and platform is iOS",
  "by_val": "[\"up.p\"]",
  "by_val_text": "Platform",
  "event_app_id": "2c2f0f9a..."
}

Or null when bookmark is not found / not visible.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
(root object)	Object or Null	Bookmark object when found and visible; otherwise null.
_id	String	Bookmark ID.
app_id	String	App ID the bookmark belongs to.
event_key	String	Event key the bookmark belongs to.
name	String	Bookmark name.
desc	String	Bookmark description.
global	Boolean	Whether the bookmark is visible beyond its creator.
creator	String	Member ID of the bookmark creator.
query_obj	String	Saved Drill query object JSON string. Uses the same shape as segmentation queryObject.
query_text	String	Human-readable query label.
by_val	String	Saved projection key array JSON string, equivalent to segmentation projectionKey.
by_val_text	String	Human-readable projection label.
namespace	String	Non-default namespace, when stored.
visualization	String	Optional visualization hint.
sign	String	Deterministic duplicate-detection signature.
event_app_id	String	MD5 hash of app_id + event_key used for event-scoped lookup.

Error Responses

This endpoint does not define a dedicated structured error payload; error output can vary by failure path.

Behavior

• Reads bookmark by ID from countly_drill.drill_bookmarks.
• Applies visibility filter: globally visible bookmark or creator-owned bookmark.
• Does not require event_key; lookup is by _id plus visibility.

Related Endpoints

• Bookmarks - Read
• Bookmark - Create

Implementation details

Configuration Impact

Setting	Default	Affects	User-visible impact
api.*	Server API defaults	Shared API execution controls (for example processing thresholds/limits).	Changes to API-level controls can affect runtime behavior, limits, or response timing for this endpoint.

Database Collections

Collection	Used for	Data touched by this endpoint
countly_drill.drill_bookmarks	Endpoint data source	Stores endpoint-related records this endpoint reads or modifies.