Scrape session titles
For a given list of Apple Developer session URLs, this will iterate through each, grabbing the name of the webpage, cleaning it up, and reformatting it into a Markdown list before copying that to your clipboard.
Actions
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Nothing
This action does nothing and produces no output. It is useful to separate blocks of actions, or to ensure that no input is passed to the next action.
Get Contents of Web Page
Extracts the contents of the web pages passed into the action.
Get Name
Returns the name of every item passed as input. Depending on the input, this could be a file name, the title of a website, the title of a calendar event, etc.
Match Text
Searches text passed into the action for matches to a regular expression.
Get Group from Matched Text
Gets the text that matched a particular capture group or all of the capture groups from the output of a Match Text action.
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.
Combine Text
Joins text together, inserting the separator between each join.
Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Prep for session screenshots
Resizes the Apple Developer window to the second screen at my preferred size for taking screenshots, then opens Craft and centers it on the main display.
Search Apple Developer sessions
Asks you to enter a search query, then URL encodes the result, and opens the results on the web.
Discover in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 1 to open to the Discover page, where you can see curated categories and recent articles.
Open Downloads in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 3 to open to the Downloads page, where you can find videos you’ve saved offline.
Copy link from Apple Developer
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Option + C to copy the URL of the current session to your clipboard.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Scrape%20session%20titles
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Scrape%20session%20titles
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Scrape session titles”
end tell
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