This project syncs your Readwise shortlist articles to a SQLite database for easy access and management.

• readwise-bot.ts - Standalone function version (can be used as cron)
• readwise-http.ts - HTTP endpoint version with web dashboard ⭐ Recommended
• README.md - This documentation

1. Get your Readwise API token:

   • Go to https://readwise.io/access_token
   • Copy your access token

2. Set environment variable:

   • In Val Town, add an environment variable named READWISE_TOKEN
   • Set its value to your Readwise access token

The readwise-http.ts file provides a web interface and API endpoints:

• Dashboard: Visit the root URL to see a simple web interface
• Sync API: POST /sync - Triggers a sync of your shortlist
• Links API: GET /links?limit=50 - Retrieves saved links from database

The readwise-bot.ts can be:

• Run manually by calling the function
• Set up as a cron job for automatic syncing

The bot creates a readwise_links table with the following fields:

• id - Unique document ID from Readwise
• url - Article URL
• title - Article title
• author - Article author
• source - Source publication
• category - Document category (article, email, etc.)
• location - Current location (shortlist, archive, etc.)
• tags - JSON string of tags
• site_name - Website name
• word_count - Article word count
• created_at - When document was created in Readwise
• updated_at - When document was last updated in Readwise
• published_date - Original publication date
• summary - Article summary
• image_url - Featured image URL
• reading_progress - Reading progress percentage
• first_opened_at - When first opened
• last_opened_at - When last opened
• saved_at - When saved to Readwise
• last_moved_at - When last moved between locations
• synced_at - When synced to our database

• ✅ Incremental sync: Only updates documents that have changed
• ✅ Pagination handling: Automatically handles large shortlists
• ✅ Error handling: Robust error handling and logging
• ✅ Duplicate prevention: Prevents duplicate entries
• ✅ Web dashboard: Simple interface to trigger syncs and view links
• ✅ SQLite compatibility: Properly handles Val Town's SQLite format

curl -X POST https://your-val-url/sync

curl https://your-val-url/links?limit=20

To run automatically, you can:

1. Use the standalone readwise-bot.ts version and set it as a cron job
2. Set up an external service to call the /sync endpoint periodically
3. Manually trigger syncs through the web dashboard

• READWISE_TOKEN - Your Readwise API access token

• ✅ Fixed SQLite result format handling
• ✅ Improved error handling for individual document failures
• ✅ Added proper incremental sync logic
• ✅ Web dashboard now displays saved articles correctly