I’d like to join, but I don’t have the iOS 13 beta installed and no device where I can install it except my daily used iPhone where I don’t want to install it… If iPadOS would support the iPad Air 1, I would install it right away^^
I am in.
I am still trying to figure out how to get a xml response from api into a JSON… so far most attempts to access the data cause it to disappear or they get rejected from various conversion shortcuts.
So you’ve got an API that returns XML and you’d like to map that to Shortcuts dictionaries?
Working on this a bit more, thinking about adding Google Docs support, starting with Sheets - the ability to read/write sheets natively from Shortcuts. I still have a bunch to do but I have made a good bit of progress. I think the only way to access Google Docs from Shortcuts now is via third-party stuff like Zapier, is that right?
I hope to have something new for testers in the not too distant future.
Yes’ish. Payloads to third party web services are currently the only way to easily interact with Docs, Sheets, etc.
I think it was also possible with an OAuth workaround (such as this) to use direct API calls to carry out interactions and operations. But this involves an additional server component hence the ‘ish’.
Gotcha. Well, if I do actually publish this, none of that is required, all native in-app (including the OAuth which is now working quite well).
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I’m going to submit an updated TestFlight that includes the reading and writing of Google Sheets cells.
Note that first you have to open the app and authenticate with Google. It uses their approved OAuth flow but since the app is not yet published, there’s a scary looking warning in there about that. Just a heads up - I will be applying to Google but they have to review the app which has not yet happened.
There’s also some additional examples in the app itself for image classification and OCR, though those still need a bunch of UI work (SwiftUI still has a lot of bugs).
Next up will then be adding more error handling which is pretty bare at the moment.
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Would you mind sharing a shortcut using the image classifier? I tried with a simple one (w/ input image) but it didn’t work.
Also unless I misunderstood, the beta app gives me no option to authenticate with google? Was that in regards to the next version? I have version 1.0 (5) in TestFlight.
I’m on 12.4 (soon to be 12.4.1). I registered as I want to beta as soon as I get to 13.0.
I mention this as I’d suggest other interested people in my position - not yet at 13 - to do the same.
This would be an extra treat on day one.
Sorry, a little confusion here that’s likely my fault. The Google stuff is not yet in the current TF build. I had intended that to go out yesterday but I hit a couple of snags. I will get back into it today and hopefully resolve and if not then tomorrow.
re: Image Classifier - here’s a sample: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d600cc8795fe4c318c972e78049cbffc
Let me know if that doesn’t work for you. Here’s also a video of what I did:
Also, one of the things I’m most interested in feedback on is how to best format the output of the Shortcuts so that they are useful. That will vary per Shortcut action but some support complex structured data and wondering how people might like to use that.
Ok, that new TF version is posting. It includes the Shortcuts to read and write Google Sheets after you authenticate in the app. There are also some more demos in the app itself but they’re still really rough in terms of UX. I need to learn more about SwiftUI. They work, they’re just janky.
Looking for feedback, either here or via TestFlight. My next Shortcut I’m planning to work on is also for Google Sheets, to append a value to a certain column. Useful for tracking new items on a spreadsheet for instance.
After that, I have a bunch of error handling and other reliability stuff to do and of course whatever feedback I get.
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Latest update includes a new Google Sheets Shortcut to append to a spreadsheet column, making it easy to just insert a new value in whatever the next row would be.
Still very much looking for feedback.
@Hunter don’t panic. 
You’ll get feedback soon after iOS 13 ships.
I, for one, intend to install iOS 13 as soon as I can, plus your app plus the latest beta of Scriptable.
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Don’t worry, no panic. 
Latest build:
- Includes new actions for creating barcodes and detecting if an image includes faces.
- Getting the app closer to a shippable state.
I’ve applied to Google for proper OAuth credentials so the screen where you authenticate with them won’t have the ‘untrusted’ bit anymore.
Note: iOS 13.1b1 has as bug where picking images in the app doesn’t work. It works in the actions, just not the app proper.
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Looks like iOS 13.1b2 fixes the image permissions issue that was present in the app itself.
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Google approved the app meaning no more scary ‘this application is unverified’ prompt. Progress!
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Uploading a new build that includes a native ‘Send Tweet’ action.
This is super interesting. Adding google docs support would be amazing. Reading/writing/copying files etc
Tell me more about what you’d like to do with Google Docs?
I looked at the API a little and it’s definitely more complex as the data is all about all of the various things you can put into a doc but knowing more about your use case would be interesting.