Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
Encode text for a URL
Asks you to enter text, then lets you encode or decode it to work properly in URLs.
Actions Used
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Encode%20text%20for%20a%20URL
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Encode%20text%20for%20a%20URL
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Encode text for a URL”
end tell
More From This Folder
Extract URL from short link
Takes shortened links from input and expands them into the full URL.
Speak article
Takes an article from input and calculates an average speaking speed based on the words-per-minute, then reads the article out loud in its entirety.
Percent Encode text
Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.
View in Wayback machine
Take a link from the Share sheet or yourclipboard and open it in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to see past versions of the page.
Estimate reading time
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
More From The Library
Start a cooldown
Starts a cooldown workout, plus sets AirPods Pro to Noise Cancellation.
Find Christmas tree nearby
Searches Apple Maps for Christmas trees nearby and opens directions to a spot that you pick.
Search Twitter
Presents a menu for various Twitter search operations, including jumping right into the search field, showing Twitter Moments, searching through all tweets, cutting down results to only people you follow, or even searching your own tweets.
With this one tool, you can take advantage of all the awesome options buried in Twitter search – it’s like Google for people you follow.
This uses a combination of donated actions from Twitter, the Search Web action native to Shortcuts, and deep links taken from the web.
Open 90-minute movies on Netflix
Opens the “Movies” tab in the Netflix app by opening the URL taken from the website.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.