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Connecting to Instapaper problem

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Posted on by geommm

Hi,

It's sad when something so obvious simply doesn't work. You wonder how long the developer actually invested into doing this right.

I can use the instapaper trigger to set off a flow when a bookmark is added to the Home folder.

But when it is added to a sub-folder - forget it. I tried mulitple folders and I removed spaces and wierd characters from the folder names. I tried for days. The trigger takes the folder name as a parameter but it certainly does not poll it.

This added to my other unanswered problem of the description being blank when a bookmark is posted, make instapaper by flow totally useless.
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v-zhos-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @geommm ,

Could you please share a screenshot of your flow's configuration?

I have made a test and don't have the issue that you mentioned.

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geommm 62 on at

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Hi @v-zhos-msft sure I can post some screenshots. Not much to see unfortunately.
Here is my flow:
As you can see it has never run
And yet I have posted to the folder in instapaper.
Actually I did many tests with numerous folders and numerous flows. One test did work out of maybe 20 tests.
It worked only when I post to the Home folder.
Any help is appreciated
Best
George
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ok it is now fixed. Nothing changed on my side. Same Instapaper account, same flows. Good.
Now the next problem. The description field is always blank. Even if I use a Microsoft template.
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I have discovered that the description is blank when I post using the bookmarklet.
It does not look blank. On the Instapaper website it looks complete. The description (summary) is there.
But when I consume it from Flow, the description is empty.
This happens when I add the link from FF or Chrome bookmarklet or extension.
If I add the bookmark using the "Add Link" form in Instapaper website, it works ok.