Look up Mastodon account ID

Isolates a Mastodon handle from a link and looks up the account identifier.

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Get Component of URL
Gets the specified part of the URL passed into the action. URLs are structured as follows: scheme://user:password@host:port/path?query#fragment.
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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.
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Get Contents of URL
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Get Dictionary Value
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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.
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Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Look%20up%20Mastodon%20account%20ID
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Look%20up%20Mastodon%20account%20ID
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Look up Mastodon account ID” end tell

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