Search Apple Developer sessions
Asks you to enter a search query, then URL encodes the result, and opens the results on the web.
Actions
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Toggle Watched status
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + Shift + U to mark the current video as watched (or unwatched).
Continue Watching in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 4 to open to the Continue Watching page, where you can resume sessions you’ve already started.
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.
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.
Show Bookmarks in the Developer app
Utilizes AppleScript to open the Developer and press Command + 2 to open to the Bookmarks page, where you can see sessions you’ve saved for later.
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20Apple%20Developer%20sessions
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20Apple%20Developer%20sessions
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search Apple Developer sessions”
end tell
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