Mastodon Lists

Open from my Mastodon Lists

Pulls your List data from the Mastodon API and lets you choose one to open.

Scripting Actions

Scripting, Shortcuts

Run Shortcut

Run an shortcut from your shortcut.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

URLs, Web

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.

Web, Web Requests

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.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary Value

Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.

Control Flow, Scripting

Repeat with Each

Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.

Dictionaries, Scripting

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.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Set Dictionary Value

Sets a value in the dictionary passed into the action.

Documents, Files

Filter Files

Given a list of files, this action returns the files that match the given criteria. Allows for sorting, changing the order, and limiting the number passed as a result.

Lists, Scripting

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.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20from%20my%20Mastodon%20Lists

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20from%20my%20Mastodon%20Lists

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open from my Mastodon Lists” end tell

Membership, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts

Custom Shortcuts

How to extract Mastodon instance & handle data using Shortcuts

Working with links in the fediverse can be tricky – here's how to use Shortcuts' Get Components of URL action to quickly isolate any instance or account handle you come across on Mastodon.