[solved] Teach me how to insert links to markets with name and percent to the market description via manifold API

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Here is an example of market — https://manifold.markets/RemNi/will-there-be-a-dyson-sphere-around-498a9441b3bf

You can see that there is very pretty list with links to other markets with percents.

Here is an image:

I want to find the way how I can set the same description via manifodl API.

Now I can change market description via:

url = f"https://api.manifold.markets/v0/market/{market_id}/update"

headers = {

'Authorization': f'Key {api_key}',

'Content-Type': 'application/json'

}

data = {

"question": title,

"descriptionMarkdown": body,

}

But I don't see how can i specify the links to the markets to be rendered as percent or resolution result.

About a year ago I was told how to do it via web interface — https://manifold.markets/bessarabov/teach-me-how-to-insert-links-to-mar
(but it looks like that now I can't add the closed market using this technic )

Now I'm searching for the way how to do it via API.

I'm going to give 1000 bounty to the person who explain me how i can do it.

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I just did it successfully with:

import requests
import json

# --------------------------
# 1) CONFIGURE THESE VALUES
# --------------------------
API_KEY = "-"

# The slug of the market you want to mention
REF_SLUG = "will-sp-500-increase-in-2026"

# This label is the “display text” Manifold will show. Usually "username/slug"
LABEL = "bessarabov/will-sp-500-increase-in-2026"

# The ID of the market YOU want to update
TARGET_MARKET_ID = "uSntnSqhSL"

# A new or existing question/title for your market (optional)
NEW_QUESTION = "What will be the responsibilities of a web dev in 2030?"

# --------------------------
# 2) FETCH THE REFERENCE MARKET’S ID
# --------------------------
def get_market_id_by_slug(slug):
    url = f"https://api.manifold.markets/v0/slug/{slug}"
    r = requests.get(url)
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise ValueError(f"Could not find market with slug '{slug}'. Response: {r.text}")
    data = r.json()
    return data["id"]

try:
    ref_contract_id = get_market_id_by_slug(REF_SLUG)
    print(f"Referenced market ID: {ref_contract_id}")
except ValueError as e:
    print("ERROR:", e)
    exit(1)

# --------------------------
# 3) BUILD THE TIPTAP JSON DOC
# --------------------------
tiptap_doc = {
    "type": "doc",
    "content": [
        {
            "type": "paragraph",
            "content": [
                {
                    "type": "contract-mention",
                    "attrs": {
                        # The internal ID of the contract you are mentioning
                        "id": ref_contract_id,
                        # The “label” can be the slug or any descriptive string
                        "label": LABEL
                    }
                },
                {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": "  <— This is a fancy pill link referencing that market!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "type": "paragraph",
            "content": [
                {
                    "type": "text",
                    "text": "Additional text can go here..."
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

description_json_str = json.dumps(tiptap_doc)

# --------------------------
# 4) UPDATE YOUR MARKET’S DESCRIPTION
# --------------------------
def update_market_description(market_id, api_key, question, description_json):
    url = f"https://api.manifold.markets/v0/market/{market_id}/update"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Key {api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    }
    data = {
        "question": question,
        # If you only want to specify Tiptap JSON, do not include descriptionMarkdown
        "descriptionJson": description_json
    }

    resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
    if resp.status_code == 200:
        print("Market updated successfully!")
    else:
        print("Failed to update market.")
    print("Status code:", resp.status_code)
    print("Response:", resp.text)

update_market_description(
    TARGET_MARKET_ID,
    API_KEY,
    NEW_QUESTION,
    description_json_str,
)

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