Apple News

Check the Front Page

Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle's website with today's front page.

Actions Used

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

Apps, Dates

Format Date

Formats a date and time into text.

Web, Web Requests

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.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Images, Media

Convert Image

Converts the images passed into the action to the specified image format.

Items, Scripting

Set Name

Sets the name of the item passed as input.

Documents, Previewing

Quick Look

Displays a preview of the input.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Control Flow, Scripting

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.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20the%20Front%20Page

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20the%20Front%20Page

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Check the Front Page” end tell

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