Embed a podcast episode player
Gets the latest episode from your Transistor podcast and scrapes out the ID for the media URL and pastes it into the episode embed player.
Actions
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
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 Dictionary Value
Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.
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.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
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.
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.
Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Show Transistor API documentation
Opens the developer documentation for the Transistor API.
Open my Transistor dashboard
Opens the default episodes dashboard on Transistorm for a pre-selected podcast.
Manage my Transistor account
Opens the Account section of Transistor.fm where you can manage your profile, turn on two-step authentication, update your billing and subscription details, and copy your API key.
Get podcast show attributes
Ues the Transistor API to get your show data and presents it in a nicely-formatted view. Requires the Actions app.
Create new podcast episode
Opens Transistor.fm to the new episode page for your pre-selected podcast so you can upload a new file, give it a title and description, and publish.
Edit ad locations for latest episode
Opens the “Ad Locations” page for the latest episode of your Transistor podcast.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Embed%20a%20podcast%20episode%20player
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Embed%20a%20podcast%20episode%20player
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Embed a podcast episode player”
end tell
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Open from work folders
Presents a menu of my work-related folders and opens the corresponding choice.
Start Podcasts
Immediately play the latest episode or first item in Listen Now in the Podcasts app.
Check reminder creation time
Lets you pick a reminder from a specific list and see what time of day you created it.
Play Discovery station
Plays Apple Music’s newest “Discovery” station that plays curated tracks from outside your library or playlists.
Create blank layout
Creates a blank document without any paragraph formatting – good for making an empty page to fill with shapes, images, or other Pages capabilities.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
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