counts how many unread articles you have in your pocket queue each day. see: http://conorgaffney.com/2015/04/12/pocket-shame/

pocket-shame.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import json
import urllib3
import certifi
from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
from time import strftime

simple_data = []
record = []

# connect to pocket
consumer_key = 'YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY'
access_token = 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'
url = 'https://getpocket.com/v3/get' + '?consumer_key=' + consumer_key + '&access_token=' + access_token + '&state=all&detailType=simple'

pool = urllib3.PoolManager(
    cert_reqs='CERT_REQUIRED',
    ca_certs=certifi.where()
)
response = pool.urlopen('GET', url)
data = json.loads(response.data)

# make a simplified list of all your items
for k, v in data['list'].iteritems():
    added = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(v['time_added'])).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    if int(v['time_read']) == 0:
        read = None
    else:
        read = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(v['time_read'])).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    entry = {'added' : added, 'read': read}
    simple_data.append(entry)

# count read and unread by date
start_date = min([d['added'] for d in simple_data])
start_date = datetime.strptime(start_date, '%Y-%m-%d').date()
today = date.today()
delta = today - start_date
delta = timedelta(delta.days + 1)
date_range = [start_date + timedelta(days = i) for i in range(delta.days)]

for d in date_range:
    date = d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
    count = 0
    for s in simple_data:
        if s['added'] <= date and s['read'] > date or s['read'] == None:
            count = count + 1
    entry =  {'date' : date, "unread" : count}
    record.append(entry)

# save to json file
with open('record.json', 'r+') as record_file:
    record_file.seek(0)
    json.dump(record, record_file)
    record_file.truncate()
    record_file.close()