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title: "AWS Lambda: save articles"
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slug: /save-articles-lambda
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date: 2023-09-07
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tags: ["log", "project", "productivity", "aws", "python"]
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---
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I've just finished a new
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[AWS Lambda](https://github.com/thomasabishop/lambdas/tree/main/save-articles)
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written in Python. It retrieves entries from my saved articles in Pocket, parses
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the key metadata and saves it to a Google Sheet.
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I've done this because I find the Pocket app to be really uncongenial and
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confusing to use. However I've used Pocket for a long time and the alternatives
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are worse or have bad APIs.
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Now I keep my interactions with Pocket minimal. I use the Pocket browser
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extension only to save and tag articles. My lambda function retrieves articles
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by tag and saves them to a Google Sheet. This allows me to access the articles
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from anywhere without using a database.
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Each tag has a corresponding sheet that lists the articles in reverse
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chronological order. The lambda executes on a cron timer once a day.
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Here are my saved technical articles, for example:
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