Can I call a shortcut from pythonista?

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I have a script in pythonista that I’d like to end by calling a shortcut (just a simple shortcut that takes no input, it just stops a Toggl time tracker). I can’t find where in the pythonista documentation they mention anything about how to do this. Is it possible?

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sure you can.

import webbrowser

webbrowser.open("shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=StopToggle")
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Thank you! This works perfectly :slight_smile:

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Is there a way to pass input to the shortcut using a URL?

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Yes, shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=ShortcutName&input=Some_value

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I am sorry to ask a question in this topic after three years, but I am hoping that it might be possible to obtain an answer to a question relating to this topic by asking it here. Would anyone know if receiving the output of a shortcut is possible in Pythonista using the URL scheme method suggested in some answers of this topic? Thanks so much if anyone answers.

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You can run a Pythonista script using it’s url-scheme and passing some input to it.

pythonista://MyScript?action=run&argv=foo&argv=bar

I’m guessing you might be able to this this.

  • You script runs and checks for any arguments passed.
  • If arguments exists, assume Shortcuts sent them, so use them
  • If no arguments pass, assume this is before calling the the shortcut
  • …some python statements…
  • Run the shortcut using the Shortcuts’s url-scheme
  • In Shortcuts, do whatever then run the Pythonista script passing the shortcut result as arguments

Edit:
I just have to try it out

Python Script

# MyScript.py
# Stored on device, not iCloud

import sys
import webbrowser
import urllib.parse

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
	# value received from shortcuts
	print(urllib.parse.unquote(sys.argv[1]))
else:
	input = urllib.parse.quote("value from Python")

	# run shortcut, send input
	webbrowser.open("shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=SomeShortcut&input="+input)

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It took me some time to actually try to implement a pythonista script using the example provided. The problem I am encountering now is that the shortcut returns an output value which I would like to receive in the pythonista script. Would anyone have any idea as to what I need to change in the example provided to be able to accomplish this? Thanks so much.

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Maybe I should clarify that it is a Scriptable script that I am trying to call from a pythonista script. Scriptable scripts can be called via URLs like shortcuts can, but the particular script that I am trying to call returns a value. I hope that it is possible to receive the return value in the pythonista script. Thanks again for any suggestions.