Get RSS Feeds from Page
Extracts any RSS feed URLs from the given web URLs or web page.
Inspect RSS feed
Gets RSS feeds from the input URL, converts it to text, and shows it in a popover.
Scripting Actions
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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.
Get Text from Input
Returns text from the previous action’s output.
For example, this action can get the name of a photo or song, or the text of a web page.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Inspect%20RSS%20feed
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Inspect%20RSS%20feed
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Inspect RSS feed”
end tell
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