Get podcast show slug
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your account data, looks at first show, then retrieves the slug from its attributes – copy it and paste it into your other shortcuts.
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• Running a shortcut from another shortcut (using the Run Shortcut action). The output will be used as the output of the Run Shortcut action.
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• 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
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Get%20podcast%20show%20slug
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Get%20podcast%20show%20slug
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Get podcast show slug”
end tell
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