copy bookmarks from Read It Later to Instapaper

ril2ip.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

"""
Script to copy all bookmarks from Read It Later to Instapaper.

See also http://readitlaterlist.com/api/docs/#get
and http://www.instapaper.com/api/simple
"""

import urllib, urllib2, json
import simplejson
import time

RIL_ENDPOINT = 'http://readitlaterlist.com/v2'
IP_ENDPOINT = 'http://www.instapaper.com/api'

def main(ril_api_key, ril_usr, ril_pwd, ip_usr, ip_pwd):
  
  # fetch bookmarks from RIL as JSON
  ril_query = urllib.urlencode({'username':ril_usr, 'password':ril_pwd,'apikey':ril_api_key,'state':'unread'})
  ril_url = '%s/get?%s' %(RIL_ENDPOINT, ril_query)
  print ril_url
  f = urllib2.urlopen(ril_url)
  bookmarks = json.loads(f.read())['list']

  # import bookmarks into Instapaper
  count = 0
  for bm in bookmarks.values():
    try:
      ip_query = urllib.urlencode({'url':bm['url'],'title':bm['title'].encode('utf-8'), 'username':ip_usr, 'password':ip_pwd})
      ip_url = '%s/add?%s' %(IP_ENDPOINT, ip_query)
      urllib2.urlopen(ip_url)
      count += 1

      read_content = {"0":{"url":bm['url']}}
      ril_query = urllib.urlencode({'username':ril_usr, 'password':ril_pwd,'apikey':ril_api_key,'read':simplejson.dumps(read_content)})
      ril_url = '%s/send?%s' %(RIL_ENDPOINT, ril_query)
      urllib2.urlopen(ril_url)
      print ''''%s' copied successfully''' %bm['title']
      time.sleep(1)
    except Exception:
      print 'Fail: %s' % bm['url']
    
  print '%d bookmarks copied' %count

if __name__ == "__main__":
  import sys
  apply(main, sys.argv[1:])