Scrape Mastodon link

Extracts metadata from a Mastodon status URL for reuse in other shortcuts.

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Scripting Actions

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Get Component of URL
Gets the specified part of the URL passed into the action. URLs are structured as follows: scheme://user:password@host:port/path?query#fragment.
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Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
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Split Text
Separates text passed into the action into a list.
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Get Item from List
Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.
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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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Get Contents of URL
Gets the contents of URLs passed into the action. Useful for downloading files and web content, or for making API requests. Includes GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE methods, and options to add headers. To make a multipart HTTP request, choose “Form” as the request body type and add files as field values.
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Get Dictionary Value
Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.
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Get Dictionary from Input
Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.
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Make Rich Text from HTML
Takes the inputted HTML and turns it into rich text, which can then be converted to other formats.
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Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
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Make Markdown from Rich Text
Converts the rich text passed as input to Markdown text (comparable to Aaron Swartz’s html2text script).
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Text
Passes the specified text to the next action.
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Dictionary
Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.
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Stop and Output
Stops execution of the current shortcut, and outputs content. This action is useful when: • Running a shortcut from another shortcut (using the Run Shortcut action). The output will be used as the output of the Run Shortcut action. • Running a shortcut from Quick Actions in Finder on macOS. The output will be saved as a file alongside the files selected in Finder. • Running a shortcut from Services on macOS. The output will replace the selected content, if applicable. • Or, when running a shortcut from another location that supports output, like the command-line or the Shortcuts URL scheme. No more actions will be run after this action.
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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Scrape%20Mastodon%20link
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Scrape%20Mastodon%20link
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Scrape Mastodon link” end tell

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