6/14/2023 0 Comments Best crosswords kindleThat's it! Now you'll be able to fill in the NYT Crossword on your Kindle Scribe. Make sure cron and postfix are both up and running. This will setup the script to run everyday at 6am: 0 6 * * * /mnt/dir/yourdownloadfolder/downloadnyt.sh Puzzid=`curl -b "cookies.txt" "" | jq '.results.puzzle_id'`Ĭurl_cmd="curl -b 'cookies.txt' -OJ '$puzzid.pdf'"įile_name=$(ls -1t | head -n1) # get the current day of the weekĭay_of_week=$(date +%A | tr '' '')ĭay_of_week=$(echo $day_of_week | awk ' mv "$file_name" "$modified_file_name"Įcho "daily crossword" | /usr/bin/mutt -s "Daily Crossword" -a $modified_file_name - Setup your cron job by running the command "crontab -e" and adding the line below. I called mine downloadnyt.sh Obviously you'll have to change your path to your download folder as necessary as well as put in your kindle email address. The email will be sent through the shell script.ģ) Now we're going to create our script in our downloads folder. Keep in mind that we will not be using the mutt interface going forward. I personally use gmail so I found that this was helpful: You can use whatever command line email program you like however I found that mutt works best with sending pdfs. Basically do everything except for setting up the script.Ģ) Install and configure mutt. Disregard the script for now, we're going to modify it a bit, but follow all the other instructions for the prerequisites above. Prerequisites for this are: curl jq, mutt, your cookies for the NYT Crossword siteġ) Go checkout the instructions at. This will require linux knowledge so be warned (Windows users can install the bash shell) This way, by the time I'm ready to start my day, the most recent crossword is already ready to go!įor those interested, it can get quite technical, however I'll try to make it as easy as possible (again shoutout to u/oxygu圓 for the initial work years ago). That said, I modified the script from u/oxygu圓 that downloads the NYT crossword so that it also renames it to include the day of the week, and emails it to my Kindle Scribe address. I'm a pretty big crossword fan but I prefer to do them on paper and not in the NYT app (enter the Kindle Scribe). You may or may not receive a reason.Ī complete and up to date list of rules is available on the new Reddit view Failing to do so will end up on your post being removed and/or your account banned. When posting in r/Kindle, make sure you adhere by our guidelines. Piracy Any piracy talk (including website names) will result in removal of your thread/comments and may result in a permanent ban. Amazon dropped the Kindle name from the tablets a few years back. Please use new Reddit for up to date information and sub rules.įire tablets are not Kindle e-readers. Note - Old Reddit is not maintained in this sub. Have questions before you buy a Kindle product or accessory? Want to know more about any of the products? Have news or tips to share? Join our friendly members. This subreddit is for everything Kindle related.
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