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.
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.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Get%20podcast%20show%20ID
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Get%20podcast%20show%20ID
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Get podcast show ID”
end tell
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Get podcast show attributes
Ues the Transistor API to get your show data and presents it in a nicely-formatted view. Requires the Actions app.
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Add transcript to latest episode
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Get Transistor API key
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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.
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