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.
Add transcript to latest episode
Opens the URL to the transcript page for the latest episode of your Transistor podcast.
Actions Used
Get Dictionary Value
Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the 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.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20transcript%20to%20latest%20episode
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20transcript%20to%20latest%20episode
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add transcript to latest episode”
end tell
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Check total podcast subscribers
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your subscriber data and extract the Total Count.
Show my podcast embeds
Opens the URL for the Embeds page for your Transistor podcast.
Show Transistor API documentation
Opens the developer documentation for the Transistor API.
Get podcast show slug
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your account data, looks at first show, then retrieves the slug from its attributes – copy it and paste it into your other shortcuts.
Show my podcast subscribers
Opens to the Subscribers tab of the Transistor website for your podcast where you can see total listeners, how many remaining you have in your plan, manage subscribers, and share an invite link.
Get latest episode attributes
Accesses the Transistor API and extracts the episode data in a nicely-formatted view. Requires the Actions app.
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Check battery level
Gets the current battery state, checking for connection or charging status and showing the total battery level as a percentage.
Copy shortcut AppleScript
Asks you to pick a shortcut from a folder and places that name in the correct AppleScript for running the shortcut in the background.
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