PDF Readers with Shortcuts

Leddy · May 7, 2020, 10:06pm

Just a quick question. Does anyone know of a PDF reader iOS app that has good integration with Shortcuts?

Leddy · May 8, 2020, 4:41pm

I guess one doesn’t exist yet.

sylumer · May 8, 2020, 7:51pm

You haven’t actually suggested what you need it to do. What would a "good " integration actually be?

For example the Shortcuts’ Quick Look action is pretty capable in working with PDF in its own right, and Shortcuts also gives you access to markup tools to boot. Shortcuts (as part of the OS) could be a perfect option for what you want if the criteria is purely the level of integration.

It really depends upon what you are looking for exactly.

dfay · May 9, 2020, 1:36am

I’d love to be able to search for a particular string in a given file, like this (the date math is easy to replicate, just looking for the app that can do the search)

github.com

derickfay/course-creator/blob/master/Find day MWF.applescript

(* Find day MWF

I got tired of always needing to scroll through my syllabus to find the next class.

Given a pdf syllabus for a MWF class in which dates are written Day Month Date, e.g. Monday January 9,
this script will open the syllabus to the next class *)

tell application "Skim"
	open "syllabus.pdf" -- edit for your filename
	set theWeekday to (weekday of (current date) as string)
	set theDate to (current date)
	
	if theWeekday = "Tuesday" then
		set theDate to (current date) + 86400
	else if theWeekday = "Thursday" then
		set theDate to (current date) + 86400
	else if theWeekday = "Saturday" then
		set theDate to (current date) + (2 * 86400)
	else if theWeekday = "Sunday" then
		set theDate to (current date) + 86400

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Leddy · May 9, 2020, 5:54am

Searching. I want to search a pdf.

Leddy · May 9, 2020, 5:56am

But really any PDF program that has Shortcut actions.