Convert an Article from Pocket into PDF using PDF.co and Zapier

Sep 2, 2024·5 Minutes Read

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In this tutorial, we will show you how to convert an article from Pocket into PDF using PDF.co and Zapier.

IN THIS TUTORIAL

Anything to PDF Converter

Connect PDF.co Account

PDF.co Configuration

PDF.co Test and Review

Dropbox App

Upload a File

Connect Dropbox Account

Dropbox Configuration

Dropbox Test Result

Source File Output

Step 1: Create a Zap

First, click on Create a zap button to Make a Zap.

Step 2: Select Pocket App

Then, select the Pocket app for the App Event.

Step 3: New Archived Item

For the Trigger Event field, choose the New Archived Item. This will trigger the Zap to run every it finds a newly archived item.

Step 4: Pocket Account

Now, connect your Pocket account to perform the zap.

Step 5: Test Trigger

Let’s click on the Test the Trigger button to make sure there are no errors in the setup.

Step 6: Select PDF.co App

Now, let’s add another action and select the PDF.co app for the App Event.

Step 7: Anything to PDF Converter

Under the PDF.co app, select the Anything to PDF Converter to convert the Pocket file into PDF.

Step 8: Connect PDF.co Account

Now, let’s connect your PDF.co account by adding your API Key. You can obtain the API Key in your PDF.co dashboard.

Step 9: PDF.co Configuration

Let’s set up the PDF.co configuration.

In the Input Type field, select the Link to a web page.
For the Input field, choose the Resolved URL from Pocket.
Under the Name field, enter your desired output file name.

Step 10: PDF.co Test and Review

Now, let’s send the file to PDF.co to test and review.

Step 11: Dropbox App

In this step, we will set up Dropbox to store our PDF.co output PDF.

Step 12: Upload a File

Under the Dropbox app, select the Upload File Action Event.

Step 13: Connect Dropbox Account

Let’s connect our Dropbox account where we want to store the file.

Step 14: Dropbox Configuration

Now, let’s configure Dropbox.

In the Folder field, input the folder where you want to save the file.
For the File field, select the output URL generated by PDF.co.
In the Overwrite field, let’s leave it to the default No.

Step 15: Dropbox Test Result

Let’s send the configuration to Dropbox to make sure that we set it up correctly.

Step 16: Source File Output

Great! Our test was successful. This is the Source File Output that we successfully run.

In this tutorial, you learned how to set up Pocket to trigger a Zap every time an item is archived. You learned how to convert the archived article from Pocket into PDF using PDF.co. You also learned how to store the output PDF file to Dropbox automatically.