Threads scraping

Scrape Threads post

Accepts a Thread link as input, extracts the username and excerpt, and formats it with multiple link types into a JSON dictionary shared as output.

Scripting Actions

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

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

Items, Scripting

Get Type

Returns the type of every item passed as input. For example, if a URL is passed, this action will return “URL”.

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Documents, Previewing

Show Result

Shows the specified text in Siri or in an alert.

Control Flow, Scripting

Stop shortcut

Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.

URLs, Web

Get URLs from Input

Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.

Documents, Text

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.

Documents, Text Editing

Split Text

Separates text passed into the action into a list.

Lists, Scripting

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.

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.

Items, Scripting

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.

Documents, Text Editing

Replace Text

Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Dictionary

Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.

Control Flow, Scripting

Stop and Output

Stops execution of the current shortcut, and outputs content. This action is useful when: • Running a shortcut from another shortcut (using the Run Shortcut action). The output will be used as the output of the Run Shortcut action. • Running a shortcut from Quick Actions in Finder on macOS. The output will be saved as a file alongside the files selected in Finder. • Running a shortcut from Services on macOS. The output will replace the selected content, if applicable. • Or, when running a shortcut from another location that supports output, like the command-line or the Shortcuts URL scheme. No more actions will be run after this action.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Scrape%20Threads%20post

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Scrape%20Threads%20post

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Scrape Threads post” end tell

Membership, Scraping, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts, Social media, Threads

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