Scrape Mastodon link
Extracts metadata from a Mastodon status URL for reuse in other shortcuts.
Actions Used
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.
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=Scrape%20Mastodon%20link
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Scrape%20Mastodon%20link
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Scrape Mastodon link”
end tell
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