Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
Grab YouTube playlist ID
For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Stop shortcut
Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.
Get URLs from Input
Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Grab%20YouTube%20playlist%20ID
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Grab%20YouTube%20playlist%20ID
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Grab YouTube playlist ID”
end tell
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