diff --git a/cmd/actionExecute.go b/cmd/actionExecute.go
index f974d68..880aeb2 100644
--- a/cmd/actionExecute.go
+++ b/cmd/actionExecute.go
@@ -81,14 +81,9 @@ func actionExecute(
 
 	db := openAndMigrateDb()
 
-	state, err := core.GetState(db, source)
+	state, envs, argv, postProcess, err := core.GetSourceActionInputs(db, source, action)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to load state for %s: %v", source, err)
-	}
-
-	envs, err := core.GetEnvs(db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get envs for %s: %v", source, err)
+		log.Fatalf("error: failed to load data for %s: %v", source, err)
 	}
 
 	item, err := core.GetItem(db, source, itemId)
@@ -104,16 +99,6 @@ func actionExecute(
 		}
 	}
 
-	argv, err := core.GetArgvForAction(db, source, action)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get action: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	postProcess, err := core.GetSourcePostProcessor(db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get source post-processor: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	newItem, newState, err := core.ExecuteItemAction(item, argv, envs, state, time.Minute, postProcess)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error executing %s: %v", action, err)
diff --git a/cmd/sourceFetch.go b/cmd/sourceFetch.go
index 74953a5..be55ebc 100644
--- a/cmd/sourceFetch.go
+++ b/cmd/sourceFetch.go
@@ -43,24 +43,9 @@ func sourceFetch(source string, format string, dryRun bool) {
 
 	db := openAndMigrateDb()
 
-	state, err := core.GetState(db, source)
+	state, envs, argv, postProcess, err := core.GetSourceActionInputs(db, source, "fetch")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to load state for %s: %v", source, err)
-	}
-
-	envs, err := core.GetEnvs(db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get envs for %s: %v", source, err)
-	}
-
-	argv, err := core.GetArgvForAction(db, source, "fetch")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get fetch action: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	postProcess, err := core.GetSourcePostProcessor(db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get source post-processor: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("error: failed to load data for %s: %v", source, err)
 	}
 
 	items, newState, err := core.Execute(source, argv, envs, state, "", time.Minute, postProcess)
diff --git a/core/source.go b/core/source.go
index d29e068..d4ce625 100644
--- a/core/source.go
+++ b/core/source.go
@@ -114,6 +114,39 @@ func GetSourcePostProcessor(db DB, source string) (func(item Item) Item, error)
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func GetSourceActionInputs(
+	db DB,
+	source string,
+	action string,
+) (
+	state []byte,
+	envs []string,
+	argv []string,
+	postProcess func(Item) Item,
+	err error,
+) {
+	state, err = GetState(db, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load state for %s: %v", source, err)
+	}
+
+	envs, err = GetEnvs(db, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get envs for %s: %v", source, err)
+	}
+
+	argv, err = GetArgvForAction(db, source, action)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s action for %s: %v", action, source, err)
+	}
+
+	postProcess, err = GetSourcePostProcessor(db, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s post-processor: %v", source, err)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // Given the results of a fetch, add new items, update existing items, and delete expired items.
 //
 // Returns the number of new and deleted items on success.
diff --git a/web/item.go b/web/item.go
index ccd7b2e..339e0b2 100644
--- a/web/item.go
+++ b/web/item.go
@@ -69,14 +69,9 @@ func (env *Env) doAction(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	id := req.PathValue("id")
 	action := req.PathValue("action")
 
-	state, err := core.GetState(env.db, source)
+	state, envs, argv, postProcess, err := core.GetSourceActionInputs(env.db, source, action)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to load state for %s: %v", source, err)
-	}
-
-	envs, err := core.GetEnvs(env.db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get envs for %s: %v", source, err)
+		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to load data for %s: %v", source, err), 500)
 	}
 
 	item, err := core.GetItem(env.db, source, id)
@@ -90,17 +85,6 @@ func (env *Env) doAction(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	argv, err := core.GetArgvForAction(env.db, source, action)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(writer, err.Error(), 500)
-		return
-	}
-
-	postProcess, err := core.GetSourcePostProcessor(env.db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error: failed to get source post-processor: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	newItem, newState, err := core.ExecuteItemAction(item, argv, envs, state, time.Minute, postProcess)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(writer, err.Error(), 500)
diff --git a/web/source.go b/web/source.go
index baf9d51..0fe7788 100644
--- a/web/source.go
+++ b/web/source.go
@@ -49,27 +49,9 @@ func (env *Env) fetchSource(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	state, err := core.GetState(env.db, source)
+	state, envs, argv, postProcess, err := core.GetSourceActionInputs(env.db, source, "fetch")
 	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to get state: %v", err.Error()), 500)
-		return
-	}
-
-	envs, err := core.GetEnvs(env.db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to get envs: %v", err.Error()), 500)
-		return
-	}
-
-	argv, err := core.GetArgvForAction(env.db, source, "fetch")
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to get fetch argv: %v", err.Error()), 500)
-		return
-	}
-
-	postProcess, err := core.GetSourcePostProcessor(env.db, source)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to get post-processor: %v", err.Error()), 500)
+		http.Error(writer, fmt.Sprintf("error: failed to get data for %s: %v", source, err.Error()), 500)
 		return
 	}