title: Query: Items Directive role: manual tags: #manual #search #zettelstore syntax: zmk back: 00001007700000 00001007720000 backward: 00001007700000 00001007720000 box-number: 1 copyright: (c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern created: 20230729102142 forward: 00001000000000 00001007030200 00001012000000 lang: en license: EUPL-1.2-or-later modified: 20251212134003 published: 20251212134003 visibility: public The items directive works on zettel that act as a “table of contents” for other zettel. The [initial zettel](00001000000000) of this manual is one example, the [general API description](00001012000000) is another. Every zettel with a certain internal structure can act as the “table of contents” for others. What is a “table of contents”? Basically, it is just a list of references to other zettel. To retrieve the items of a zettel, the software looks at first level [list items](00001007030200). If an item contains a valid reference to a zettel, this reference will be interpreted as an item in the items list, in the “table of contents”. This applies only to first level list items (ordered or unordered list), but not to deeper levels. Only the first reference to a valid zettel is collected for the table of contents. Following references to zettel within such a list item are ignored. # curl 'http://127.0.0.1:23123/z?q=00001000000000+ITEMS' 00001001000000 Introduction to the Zettelstore 00001002000000 Design goals for the Zettelstore 00001003000000 Installation of the Zettelstore software 00001004000000 Configuration of Zettelstore 00001005000000 Structure of Zettelstore 00001006000000 Layout of a Zettel 00001007000000 Zettelmarkup 00001008000000 Other Markup Languages 00001010000000 Security 00001012000000 API 00001014000000 Web user interface 00001017000000 Tips and Tricks 00001018000000 Troubleshooting