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Pythonista integration with Shortcuts
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I would like to ask a question. will there be closer integration of Pythonista with Shortcuts. I would like more features.For example, execute the specified script in Pythonista without pausing and returning to Shortcuts
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Now that there is a Shortcuts module in the Pythonista beta, is there a way to run a shortcut from Pythonista and have it executed without seeing the Shortcuts app open on the screen?
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@ihf That would say that Shortcut app would run in background...
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@ihf I think that is almost always possible to write a Pythonista script which performs the same process as a Shortcut script.
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@cvp You are probably correct but I have shortcuts already written so until/unless someone writes a library of functions (probably requiring some objc calls) to duplicate all of of the Shortcuts actions, it would be nice to call the shortcut from pythonista. This is possible using the shortcuts:// url but then the Shortcuts app appears during execution.
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@ihf shortcuts supports x-callback-urls
https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/use-x-callback-url-apdcd7f20a6f/iosSo, you should be able to call shortcuts from pythonista, and then have shortcuts reopen pythonista after
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@jonb I actually knew I could get back, I was wondering if there was a way for the Shortcuts app not to have to open on the screen, the way it seems to work when Siri executes one.
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Now that there is a Shortcuts module in the Pythonista beta, is there a way to run a shortcut from Pythonista and have it executed without seeing the Shortcuts app open on the screen?
I don't think that's possible at all. (In case you're wondering: Yes, there's obviously a private framework that does this, but I'm almost certain it would require special, Apple-only entitlements for the app.)
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@ihf I think it is the same for Shortcut as for Pythonista: a background run of a small non-UI script is only possible in Siri. In all other cases the full app is launched in foreground.
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you can call pythonista from shortcuts and get a reply from pythonista,
here is a client pythonista app, put in the home folder in the "on the iphone" section
#!/usr/bin/env python # sys.args[0]=workflow.py import sys,json,urllib from datetime import datetime import console,webbrowser,clipboard def main(): console.clear() console.set_font('Menlo',12) console.set_color(1,1,1) #print json.dumps(sys.argv, indent=4) dtf = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' output = dict( when=datetime.now().strftime(dtf), args=sys.argv ) result = json.dumps(output,indent=4) print(result) x_callback=sys.argv[-1] if not '://' in x_callback: return url = x_callback + '?argv=' + urllib.quote(result) webbrowser.open(url) if __name__ == '__main__': main()
here is the workflow,
x-callback-url = "pythonista://workflow.py?action=run&argv=1&argv=2"
note the change to the x-success parameter
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@cvp Well, not quite. You can also launch these shortcuts using Spotlight search, and the Shortcuts Today widget, in case you don't want to use Siri.
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@omz For à very little shortcut script without any UI, if you launch it via Share, it runs without starting the full app, but if via Widget, it starts the full app.
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@cvp Not necessarily, if I remember correctly. I was able to run a script that writes a value to a file, and it did seem to run in the background when launched from the Widget. It's possible that this behavior changed in some iOS update, but I'll check.
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@omz Perhaps, my post was not clear, I speak about a "script" of the Shortcut app, not a Pythonista script. It only does:
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