(zettel (meta (back "00001012051200 00001012051400 00001012053200 00001012053300 00001012053400 00001012054200 00001012920528") (backward "00001012051200 00001012051400 00001012053200 00001012053300 00001012053400 00001012054200 00001012920528") (box-name "manual") (created "20220201173115") (forward "00001003000000 00001006020400 00001010040100 00001010040200 00001010070200 00001010070300") (modified "20260714200809") (published "20260714200809") (role "manual") (syntax "zmk") (tags "#api #manual #reference #zettelstore") (title "API: Encoding of Zettel Access Rights")) (rights read) (content "" "Various API calls return a symbolic expression ''(rights ...)'', where ''...'' is a sequence of zero or more symbols.\nThese symbols encode the access rights the user currently has.\n\nValid symbols are: ''create'', ''read'', ''update'', and ''delete''.\n\n|=Symbol|Meaning for user\n|''create''| May create a new zettel\n|''read''  | May read the zettel\n|''update''| May update the zettel\n|''delete''| May delete the zettel\n\nIn practice, not all combinations of rights occur.\nA Zettelstore in [[read-only mode|00001010000000#read-only]] always returns the symbol ''read''.\nA Zettelstore started by [[double-clicking|00001003000000]] returns either the expression ''(rights read update)'' or the expression ''(rights create read update delete)'' (all operations are allowed).\n\nIf you have added an additional [[user|00001010040200]] to your Zettelstore, the returned rights may differ.\nThe access rights are determined by the [[enabled authentication|00001010040100]] settings, the [[user role|00001010070300]] of the current user, the [[visibility rules|00001010070200]] for a given zettel, and the [[read-only status|00001006020400]] for the zettel."))