Pocket, previously known as Read It Later, is an application for managing a reading list of articles from the Internet.
Questions tagged [pocket]
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Tutorial for using requests_oauth2
I am trying to use the requests-oauth library for Python to make a request to Pocket. Unfortunately the description to use this library is not very comprehensive and I am also new to use oauth2. Generally I understand the process behind it but still…

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How to make an overlay when sharing into app in android?
I am working on an android app that receives content from another apps sharing it via an android intent. I did the intent filter to receive the shared content into the app, but I saw that apps like Pocket made that without leaving the original app…

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how to export a Pocket's list of articles with the tags?
I'm using the python api and successfully exporting the list with all the articles in my Pocket. It has all the information about the articles, apart from the tags I gave to every article.
Does anyone know how to get a list of all the articles with…

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Why Pocket API returns 403 Forbidden always?
I'm trying to call this line:
curl https://getpocket.com/v3/oauth/authorize --insecure -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Accept: application/json" -d…

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What am I doing wrong with the Pocket API for Objective-C that's causing archive commands to fail?
I'm really scratching my head at this one. I'm using the Pocket API to allow users to archive Pocket articles from my app, but whenever I try to do so with the below code I get this error:
Error Domain=PocketSDK Code=400 "Invalid request, please…

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Pocket API: how to obtain the Access token
I'm trying to produce a web page showing my list of "Read it later" articles stored in Pocket, using their API, and following the directions published on their Documentation.
Step 1: have a consumer key.
I created the Pocket App, and have the…

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Redirect URI for Google Spreadsheet while using Google Scripts
I am trying to use Google Scripts to create an add-on to use in a Google Spreadsheet.
In the add-on I am connecting to third party APIs (Pocket APIs here) which require me to do OAuth. While using OAuth, I need to give a Redirect URI when…

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setting headers and sending data with $http POST to pocket api returns CORS
Unable to send a http post request to pocket api for obtaining the request token. I've got the consumer key already. The problem appears to be in setting the headers and sending the data in the request. The request when viewed in the browser…

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Pocket API: How to get tags list
I found that the Retrieving API has a tag parameter which is used to get items tagged with tag_name.
But I do not know how to get the tags list. If the tags list cannot be got, then how to set this parameter to get special items with this tag.

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Chrome extension transparent background and rounded corners (like Save To Pocket)
So this plugin clearly has transparent background and rounded corners:
Even when you scroll down on the page the background will scroll behind it, so it's unlikely any trick with captureVisibleTab is being done.
So I'm wondering how this was…

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How to authorize pocket API call from Python script when posting links to my own pocket account?
I am writing a python script to add links to my own Pocket account. I am following these steps.
Get Consumer Key: I have a consumer key generated from Pocket developer app
Generate request token: I have generated a request token with below…

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Pocket API Authorization: Forbidden
I'm testing out RoR by building a Rails app with Pocket API, and I have to authorize the user. For HTTP requests, I'm using https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client library.
The first step, obtaining a request token works fine:
require…

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How to install the .Net Compact Framework on a Windows CE Device
I have a pocket PC/scanner that runs on windows CE. I put a C# program on it, but when I tried running it, an error appears which says that I need to install the .NET Compact Framework v4.0. I have tried downloading the files for it which I found…

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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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Faraday POST request to getpocket API
I'm trying to set up OAuth for users of my Rails app to GetPocket (http://getpocket.com).
On Step 2 of the Pocket Authentication docs (http://getpocket.com/developer/docs/authentication), I'm having trouble constructing the exact Faraday…

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