URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Search TV Forecast for a person
Asks you for a person (actor, director, etc), then encodes the result and opens the URL scheme into TV Forecast.
Actions Used
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20TV%20Forecast%20for%20a%20person
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20TV%20Forecast%20for%20a%20person
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search TV Forecast for a person”
end tell
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