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snowy
Super Contributor
2 years ago

Feature request: Shortcut actions

i mentioned this before, but still interested in Shortcuts actions (Shortcuts.app). I mean it would be nice to use references inside of the shortcuts for things like API (ssh) keys, passwords in shor...
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aoberoi
New Contributor
1 month ago

Use case: I use Shortcuts on iOS to make an API request (using built-in "Get Contents of URL" action). However, the API Key for the service needs to be added to a Header. Right now, I have it hardcoded into the Shortcut. But when I want to rotate this credential (it expires every so often), I'd like to just do it in one place: 1Password. Right now I have to hunt for all the places I might have hardcoded it, and it's easy for my automations to break. What's the point of an automation if it breaks unpredictably?

My Shortcut is hooked up to a Personal Automation on iOS. I can see that if I wanted to run the automation on macOS, then "shelling out" to the CLI might be an option. But I don't have an always-on Mac, the way my iPhone is reliably always with me and charged.