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Fixing Paperless API Requests in n8n: Avoiding the Login Page Trap

While building an n8n workflow for Paperless-ngx, I encountered a confusing issue: API requests that worked in curl returned an HTML login page in n8n. Here’s how I diagnosed the problem and found a reliable fix.

Using the Action Button Widget in Grist to Automate Table Operations

Grist’s Action Button widget is a powerful feature that allows users to trigger multi-step operations like adding, updating, or deleting records with a single click. Learn how to use it to simplify your workflows.

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July 18, 2025

23:20

Personal Accounter

A Easy To use & Deploy comprehensive PHP-based personal and business accounting management system with powerful expense tracking, subscription management, and reporting capabilities.

I’m easily discourages by apps that have a huge docker compose sample. This is not an easy setup. But I admired that it got Rest API.

22:15

EZ Book Keeping

A lightweight, self-hosted personal finance app with a sleek, user-friendly interface and powerful bookkeeping features.

Browsed through the interface, and it’s good actually. Might prove to be a good alternative to Actual Budget. And it has a built-in rest API to get our data.

July 17, 2025

13:05

doonfrs/rsync-backup

A simple bash script for automated backups using rsync with configurable sources and excludes.

00:26

So you still use Google Search? You should already be using #Searxng for a change!

00:19

What’s new on DeutsFLIX

The Unholy Trinity (2025)

Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, where an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove, the town’s upstanding new sheriff, and a mysterious figure named St. Christopher.

Genres: Western, Adventure, Crime

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@hongster I use it in several of my VPSs and VMs. Good thing about it compared to Duplicati is metadata is saved together with your backup. It also does incremental backups so you won’t necessarily use up huge backup storage. Finally, it encrypts your backups automatically before it sends to the external repository. I usually use Backblaze as my repository.

July 16, 2025

23:11

Tried to make a Facebook Page for DeutsFlix, my personal movie stash for friends.
All I wanted: post to my own Page via API.
What I got: use cases, business portfolio links, locked permissions, and zero “consumer” options.

Facebook isn’t for hobbyists anymore. It’s all ads and enterprise gatekeeping. Moving to the fediverse where personal projects still belong.

#Fediverse #Meta #DeplatformingHobbyists #DeutsFlix #Plex #Automation #n8n

16:44

Plex API Documentation

All of the API documentation on this site as well as all of the SDKs listed here are fully generated from the main Plex OpenAPI specification here, and I invite anyone in the community to contribute!