If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
Actions Used
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.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Get URLs from Input
Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Get Type
Returns the type of every item passed as input. For example, if a URL is passed, this action will return “URL”.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20work%20YouTube%20playlists
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20work%20YouTube%20playlists
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open work YouTube playlists”
end tell
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Copy YouTube playlist link
For links shared from videos playing inside a playlist, this will scrape out the ID and reformat it into the main playlist link.
Open personal YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of YouTube playlists sorted into your “Personal” group, letting you choose one and open it in the app.
Open creator YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.
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.
YouTube Playlist Dictionary
Complete dictionary of YouTube playlists in your collection, grouped by Personal or Work, then subgroups by category.
Open my YouTube playlists
Pulls from a dictionary of YouTube playlists and lets you pick from subgroups to open in the app.
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Asks you to pick from completed grocery reminders and removes them.
Open creator YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.
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