Get RSS Feeds from Page
Extracts any RSS feed URLs from the given web URLs or web page.
Inspect RSS feed
Gets RSS feeds from the input URL, converts it to text, and shows it in a popover.
Actions
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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.
Get Text from Input
Returns text from the previous action’s output.
For example, this action can get the name of a photo or song, or the text of a web page.
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Open RSS posts
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input, extracts 10 stories, presents them in a menu, and copies the chosen URLs before opening them in Safari.
Check tech headlines
Pulls the RSS feed of Techmeme and returns the latest 5 article titles.
Check Apple Developer News
Extracts 10 stories from the RSS feed of Apple Developer news and lets you pick which one to open in a Safari web view to read quickly.
Save RSS author to Contacts
Pulls recent links from my blog’s RSS feed and lets me choose which ones I want to share, then formats them as a Markdown linked list and copies it to my clipboard.
Copy RSS feed link
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input and copies the URL to the clipboard.
Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com
Checks the RSS feed of MatthewCassinelli.com, presents recent stories, and opens one of your choosing.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Inspect%20RSS%20feed
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Inspect%20RSS%20feed
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Inspect RSS feed”
end tell
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