How to Configure a Raindrop Feed

About Raindrop

Raindrop is a modern bookmarking app. Save, resurface and manage your collection privately from any browser and any device. 

Introduction

This guide walks you through integrating your Raindrop bookmarks with the InfoDesk platform. Once configured, your saved articles and bookmarks will sync from Raindrop to the InfoDesk platform, allowing you to access your content directly within InfoDesk. 

For Details Raindrop setup refer the document Here

How to Add a Connector in InfoLab

• Log in to your InfoDesk platform account.
• Navigate to the Admin section and select Feed Connectors from the side panel.
• In the Feed Connectors page, click Add Connector.
• Search for Raindrop, then select the Raindrop connector.
• The connector will be added successfully.
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How to configure an Raindrop Feed 

To connect a Raindrop feed to your Inbox, follow these steps: 

1.  Navigate to Inboxes and open your Inbox. Select InfoLab from the More menu on the far right in the top menu of the inbox.  
2. Click the New Feed button and select the Raindrop feed in the drop-down menu. 

3. Alternatively, click the New Feed button on the connectors tile will open a new form called "New Raindrop feed"

   

4.  A popup window will appear and ask you to fill in credentials and specific information from your Raindrop Account.

  Enter the details:

• Name of the feed
• Client ID
• Client Secret

5. Click on Save will redirected to Raindrop authorization screen

6. System will request for credential if user is not logged into Raindrop

7.  After login system will redirect to authorization screen

8. Click "Agree" to grant access

9. You'll be redirected back to InfoLab listing screen upon successful authorization

Preview and filter an Raindrop Feed

Use the Filter menu to the left to add filters to your feed. This step is very important to reduce the amount of data and ensure that the information that reaches your inbox is relevant

1. The filter menu offers various search options that can be combined to optimize your search results and filter. These options include a free text search and Raindrop specific filters and facets.
   • To search for specific keywords or phrases, use the search bars under the Text section, which includes Title, and Description.
   • To narrow down the search, use the facets under the Raindrop filters along with the AND, OR, and NOT operators to further refine your search. Note that the filters and facets are only enabled when content matches the filters.

Read more about the Filter Options under the “Filter Options” section below. More information about combining keywords and creating search strings is available in Help.

 2. Preview the filter result in the Preview Post list and adjust your filter options until you are satisfied with the outcome.

The chart above the post list displays the number of retrieved posts within the specified Time period, providing an estimate of the amount of information your feed will generate over time. You can change the time period by clicking the Calendar button above the chart.

Red bars indicate that your feed will generate more information than is allowed in your inbox. Change your filters until the bars are all yellow.

3. When you are satisfied with your filter, click the Save button to save your feed. Alternatively, you can click the Next button to proceed to the create page.

• On the create page, you can change the name and description of your updated feed and select another target inbox.
• Optionally: Check the Restricted checkbox to prevent others from updating the feed. When restricted a padlock icon will be shown on the Feed in InfoLab.

• Press Save to save/update the feed. Your feed is now connected to your inbox and available from the Feed page in InfoLab.

  

Manage Raindrop Feeds

You can manage all your feeds from the InfoLab Feeds page.

To manage your feeds, follow these steps:

1. Go to the InfoLab Feeds page via the main menu, or from Inbox > More > InfoLab.
2. Use the search bar at the top to find your feed.
3. Click the Menu button (far right of the feed row) and select Edit. This opens the Preview and Add Filter page where you can adjust feed settings.
4. To pause a feed, select Deactivate. A pause button will appear. To resume, select Activate.
5. To change where posts are sent, click Select Inbox and choose another inbox.

To remove a feed, select Delete to permanently delete it from InfoLab.