# Add URL — Instapaper

> Adds a URL to an Instapaper account. See the documentation

- Key: `instapaper-add-url`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.1.3
- App: Instapaper (`instapaper`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/instapaper.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/instapaper/actions/add-url
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/instapaper/actions/add-url/add-url.mjs

## Description

Adds a URL to an Instapaper account. [See the documentation](https://www.instapaper.com/api/simple)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `url` | `string` | Yes | The URL to add |
| `title` | `string` | No | Optional, plain text, no HTML, UTF-8. If omitted or empty, Instapaper will crawl the URL to detect a title. |
| `selection` | `string` | No | Optional, plain text, no HTML, UTF-8. Will show up as the description under an item in the interface. Some clients use this to describe where it came from, such as the text of the source Twitter post when sending a link from a Twitter client. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "instapaper",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "instapaper-add-url",
  arguments: {
    url: "URL",
    title: "Title",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "instapaper-add-url",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    instapaper: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    url: "URL",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "instapaper-add-url",
    "configured_props": {
      "instapaper": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "url": "URL",
      "title": "Title"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/instapaper.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps