Importing Content to Reader
How do I import my Instapaper or Pocket articles to Reader?
If you have Instapaper or Pocket connected to Readwise, any articles you've saved previously will automatically import to Readwise. You can connect Instapaper and Pocket within Readwise by following this link. Any articles that were archived inside Instapaper or Pocket will appear inside your Archive in Reader; the ten most recently saved items not archived will appear inside your Inbox in Reader; everything else will go in Later.
It seems some of my Instapaper articles are missing. How do I make sure ALL my Instapaper articles imported?
If it looks like you're missing Instapaper or Pocket articles within Reader, first note that any articles that were archived inside Instapaper or Pocket will appear inside your Archive in Reader; the ten most recently saved items not archived will appear inside your Inbox in Reader; everything else will go in Later.
If you've checked those places and still don't find the articles you're looking for, it's possible you might be hitting an Instapaper API export bug which caps the number of items export at 500. To get around this, you can download a CSV export of your Instapaper articles (Settings > Export > Download .CSV file) and then upload those at read.readwise.io/add-to-library.
Note that some items are considered “private content” by Instapaper and are unavailable to third parties. This includes things like emails forwarded to your Instapaper account. You’ll be able to see these articles in the CSV export (the URLs will start with instapaper-private:// ), but since the document is kept private by Instapaper, Reader won’t be able to import them.
It seems some of my Pocket articles are missing. How do I make sure ALL my Pocket articles imported?
If it looks like you're missing Instapaper or Pocket articles within Reader, first note that any articles that were archived inside Instapaper or Pocket will appear inside your Archive in Reader; the ten most recently saved items not archived will appear inside your Inbox in Reader; everything else will go in Later.
If you've checked those places and still don't find the articles you're looking for, it's possible you might have so many Pocket articles that Reader only imported the first 10,000. If you open the Command Palette and search for "Import entire Pocket library", you can trigger an import of the rest. Note that we recommend you have a reasonably powerful computer and/or modern phone before you do this.
How do I import my Matter articles to Reader?
You can import your Matter articles to Reader by generating an export inside the Matter app, which will send you an email with a link to download your data, and forwarding this email to read@readwise.io. Reader will automatically follow the link and import your previously saved documents.
How do I import documents from Raindrop.io?
You can export your bookmarks from Raindrop.io as a CSV, then upload that CSV to Reader via the Add to Library page, by pressing U on your keyboard, or by dragging and dropping the file from your computer.
Note that you may need to edit the CSV to ensure it imports correctly—the CSV should have a column titled "URL" (or "Url" or "url") that contains all of the links. Optionally, you can also include a "Title" column that contains the title of each document.
How do I bulk import articles?
To bulk import documents to Reader, you’ll need to have a CSV file containing all of the URLs you want to add. To ensure they import correctly, the CSV should have a column titled "URL" (or "Url" or "url") that contains all of the links. Optionally, you can also include a "Title" column that contains the title of each document.
Upload the CSV file by going to the import page and using the Upload file option, pressing U on your keyboard, or dragging and dropping the file from your computer onto the Reader window.
