How-to guides → Read-later services
Send articles to your read-later apps.
SlashFeed hands articles off to the read-later and bookmarking services you already use — Pocket, Instapaper, Wallabag, Readwise Reader, and Pinboard. Connect a service once, then send from the reader or automatically from a rule. Your credentials are encrypted at rest.
Step 1
Open Read-Later Services
In the app, open Read-Later Services from the sidebar (under Automations). You'll see a card for each supported provider. Each card asks for the credentials that provider needs — fill in the one(s) you use and click Save. Secret fields are stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM) and never shown back to the browser.
SlashFeed's Read-Later Services page showing a card for each provider — Pocket, Instapaper, Wallabag, Readwise Reader, and Pinboard — with credential fields and Save / Test connection buttons.
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Step 2
Get each service's credentials
Create an application at getpocket.com/developer to get a consumer key, then run Pocket's OAuth flow once to obtain an access token. Paste both into the Pocket card:
consumer_key access_token
Instapaper
Instapaper's simple save API uses your account login directly — just your username / email and password. No developer registration needed.
username password
Wallabag
In your Wallabag instance, open Developer → create a new API client, then use it to obtain an OAuth access token. Enter your instance URL and the token:
base_url (e.g. https://app.wallabag.it) access_token
Readwise Reader
Copy your access token from readwise.io/access_token and paste it into the Readwise card:
token
Pinboard
Grab your API token from pinboard.in/settings/password. It looks like
username:XXXXXXXXXXXX
— paste it verbatim:
auth_token (e.g. maria:A1B2C3D4E5F6)
A close-up of one provider card (e.g. Readwise Reader) with its access-token field filled in and the Save button, illustrating where the credentials go.
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Step 3
Test the connection
After saving, click Test connection on the card. SlashFeed sends a canary URL to the service and reports back whether it succeeded — so you know the credentials are right before you rely on them.
The provider card after clicking Test connection, showing a green success flash and a 'Connected' badge next to the provider name.
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Step 4
Send articles — by hand or automatically
Send an article to a connected service straight from the reader, or make it automatic: open the automation canvas, add a Send to Read-Later action, pick the provider, and choose what triggers it — every new entry, one feed, or a whole category. Deliveries run in the background with retries.
The automation canvas with a 'Send to Read-Later' action node selected, its config drawer open showing the provider dropdown (Pocket / Instapaper / Wallabag / Readwise / Pinboard), wired to a new-entry trigger.
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