Readwise to Devonthink script

General Nerdery
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Hi,

My setup: Mac Studio M2 Max, Sequoia 15.3.1, DT3 3.9.8.

I’ve just come across this script, Readwise highlights to DEVONthink - BrettTerpstra.com on the DT3 forums, and it looks like it could be very useful, thanks!

Unfortunately I can’t get it to work – probably my fault. I have followed the steps in order, including:

  • updating the built in ruby to homebrew’s 3.4.1 (and made sure that my path reflects this
  • added my token to the main readwise script (not the additional config, nor as an optional arg on the CLI command).

I get the following error message the first time I run it:

95:185: execution error: DEVONthink 3 got an error: Invalid argument in (-50)
93:183: execution error: DEVONthink 3 got an error: Invalid argument in (-50)

The readwise_last_update file is created properly, and the next time I run the command, there are no error messages.

However, there are also no files created in the Global Inbox (or anywhere else in DT3, either).

If I remove the last updated script and rerun the command, I get the same DT3 error as above.

When I ran the script for the very first time I was asked to give permission to DT3, which I did. Are there any other permissions I should give?

What should I try next, please?

Many thanks,

David

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So sorry for the delayed reply here, I stopped getting notifications for a little bit there. I think I responded to this on the DT forum, but will repeat here.

I believe the issue is that I developed the script while using the v4 beta and didn’t realize that the update command wasn’t available on records in DT3. I removed that bit of code from the script, so if you grab the latest version, it should work. Please let me know if it doesn’t.

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Thanks, Brett!

I’ll try it out and report back.

Best wishes,

David.