Get original link

Takes shortened links from input and expands them into the full URL.

Matthew's Score
5/5
Total Actions
25
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Shortcut Information

Designed to work with URLs created with link shorteners and Apple News links specifically, this shortcut un-shrinks your links automatically and gets the original source URL of the webpage.

When an Apple News link is detected, the shortcut takes the original link from Apple’s redirect page and copies it instead of taking you into Safari.

Note: Shortcuts requires permission to expand URLs from specific websites, but once a site like Twitter is allowed, you shouldn’t be prompted again.
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Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Get%20original%20link
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Get%20original%20link
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Get original link” end tell

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