Motivation

A script to automatically mark entries as read in miniflux using its api

How to use

Dependencies

python3-requests

config file

[options]
# instance of miniflux
url=https://example.com

# generated token from miniflux
token=???????????????????????????????????????????

# age of entries that should be marked as read
age=86400

# categories that should be ignored (entries will not be marked as read)
ignore=audio & video

systemd service

The systemd service file can be located in .config/systemd/user

[Unit]
Description=mark certain entries as read in miniflux

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env python3 ./mark_as_read.py --config ./mark_as_read.ini

systemd timer

The systemd timer file can be located in .config/systemd/user

[Unit]
Description=mark certain entries as read in miniflux

[Timer]
OnCalendar=daily

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target