Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
Percent Encode text
Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.
Actions Used
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
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.
Dictionary
Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Percent%20Encode%20text
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Percent%20Encode%20text
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Percent Encode text”
end tell
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