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TV Forecast

Search TV Forecast

Asks you to enter a query, then asks you to pick from a type of search before opening the URL scheme into TV Forecast.

Scripting Actions

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Scripting, X-Callback

URL Encode

Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

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

Dictionaries, Scripting

Dictionary

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

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary from Input

Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.

Lists, Scripting

Choose from List

Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20TV%20Forecast

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20TV%20Forecast

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search TV Forecast” end tell

Public

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Search for a show

Asks you for a show, then passes the term into the URL scheme for TV Forecast to open into search results.

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Search for a movie

Asks you to enter a movie, then searches for it in TV Forec

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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.

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High alert

Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.

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