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Instapaper is a simple tool to save web pages for reading later.

http://www.instapaper.com/

http://www.instapaper.com/api.

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Kindle periodical format

Not much can be found on the subject of creating eBooks in kindle/mobipocket. Much less is to be found about periodical format - i.e. the format in which Newspapers are published on Amazon. Yet the instapaper.com can do that and now are local…
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Instapaper API & Javascript XAuth

I've spent most of today try to implement Instapaper's XAuth API. I haven't even been able to get an oauth token, yet. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I'm using node.js and the oauth module. It's my understanding that I need to pass the username,…
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Import multiple URLs to Pocket (or Instapaper)

I'm trying to import all my old starred items from Google Reader into Pocket. I have the JSON file and I've used grep to convert that to a simple text file listing all the URLs (thanks to PaulProgrammer here: Regex to extract all Starred Items…
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instapaper and oauth - 403 "Not logged in" error

I am trying to use the instapaper API, but I keep getting a 403 error for my requests. Here's the code: consumer_key='...' consumer_secret='...' access_token_url = 'https://www.instapaper.com/api/1/oauth/access_token' consumer =…
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How should I organize this Instapaper-like functionality in Rails?

Instapaper, if you don't know it, is a bookmarklet that saves your current URL to an account of yours. Essentially the bookmarklet loads a script on the page with parameters on that script's URL with something like z.setAttribute('src', l.protocol…
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Obtaining Instapaper OAuth access token from Delphi

I am having trouble obtaining an access token from the Instapaper api using Overbyte's ICS suite. The odd thing is that I am able to get an access token using Indy. I am using Delphi XE2 and ICS version 7. For debugging purposes, I am using fixed…
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Readability-like JavaScript library

Is there a (client-side) JavaScript library for doing Readability/Instapaper-style uncluttering of HTML? ie Takes HTML for a full web page and unclutters it by removing headings, sidebars etc, to just leave the core article, using some heuristics.…
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Invalid Signature while Connecting to Instapaper's Xauth on PHP

I've been trying to get a PHP application to connect to Instapaper's Xauth services, but for the life of me I can't get it to work. I keep getting an "403: Invalid signature." error. The error says that my signature base string wasn't what it…
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Instapaper Simple API : adding links without storing user password?

I'm trying to use Instapaper's Simple API (http://www.instapaper.com/api/simple). The API terms of use (http://www.instapaper.com/api/terms) says apps should not store user id and password, and I don't want to store them either. However, it seems…
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How is Instapaper on iOS embedding YouTube Videos?

I trying to find a good way to embed YouTube Videos in my app. I really like the way Instapaper is embedding them but I can't figure out what YouTube Player is being used.
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Instapaper: automatically saving email newsletters

Has anyone figured out a way to automatically save email newsletters (e.g Tech Crunch) to their Instapaper (read it later app)? A "view in browser" link URL is common in newsletters, and I'm trying to figure out how to automatically grab these URLs…
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Getting XAuth to work with Node.JS & OAuth

I'm building my first node.js app, and trying to integrate it with the Instapaper API. Instapaper only uses XAuth, and I'm a little confused how it works. Should I use the node-oauth module and try to customize it for xauth? Or should I roll my own…
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Instapaper API Access (Full API) - Problem with xAuth

i was playing around with the instapaper full api and im having some trouble with the OAuth api. MUST i have a token for using the full api or is this optional?
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How can I conditionally hide dynamic web content from read-later services (ie Instapaper, Pocket)?

I'm building a single-page website that contains a javascript "calculator" that let's users input custom values and see an output immediately. I don't expect this to work if my page is scraped by a service like instapaper for users to read later…
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How to process response from Instapaper API?

I make a request to the Instapaper API, and it's supposed to return JSON. It returns something close to JSON, but not completely, like follows: 2013-05-30 19:54:20.155 --[53078:c07] ( { type = meta; }, { …
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