pinboardzine

pinboardzine is a command line tool for converting unread bookmarks in Pinboard into a Kindle magazine for reading on your Kindle.

Installation

pinboardzine is a program for Python 3.

Install pinboardzine as any other Python program:

$ python setup.py install

If you don't want to install its dependencies system-wide, try installing it in a virtual environment.

Configuring

pinboardzine uses the Readability Parser API to simplify HTML pages for Kindle viewing. Before you begin, register a Readability API app to get a Parser API token.

pinboardzine also uses Amazon's KindleGen tool to create the Kindle files. Download it from Amazon and install it so that kindlegen can be run from the command line. (This tool was developed with KindleGen v2.9.)

Usage

Once you have a Parser API token, run pinboardzine.

$ pinboardzine markpasc pinboardzine.mobi --readability-token b5Ae2d340BCBa8773FaebE0db4FCE45AABe2a0b6
Pinboard password for markpasc:
$ file pinboardzine.mobi
pinboardzine.mobi: Mobipocket E-book "Pinboard_Unread"
$

Once you have the .mobi file, send it to your Kindle as you would another book you have the file for, such as by copying it over USB, emailing it to your Kindle's @free.kindle.com email address, or using the Send to Kindle desktop application.

If you have Send to Kindle on the Mac, you can probably open it by opening the .mobi file:

$ open pinboardzine.mobi

See pinboardzine --help for full help.

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