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.
Scripting 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.
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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Copy latest episode player embed
Takes the default embed code for the most “most recent podcast” player, inserts your podcast code, and copies it to your clipboard to be pasted somewhere online
Check total podcast subscribers
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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.
Open my Transistor dashboard
Opens the default episodes dashboard on Transistorm for a pre-selected podcast.
Get podcast show ID
Uses the Transistor API to look at your show data, gets the first show, and extracts the ID for use in your other shortcuts.
Add transcript to latest episode
Opens the URL to the transcript page for the latest episode of your Transistor podcast.
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