Welcome to the code behind showcuts.app, a web viewer for the iOS Shortcuts App.
Showcuts turns an iCloud link into a web approximation of the iOS viewer. This takes a few steps, which developers may find interesting:
- Downloading the shortcut's
.plistfile (and some metadata) via the iCloud API, as documented by Sharecuts- Turning the
.plistfile into JSON using Python's plistlib library- Parsing the shortcut's actions as Python objects
- Displaying those objects as HTML via Django, with CSS styles that approximate the appearance of Shortcuts on iOS
Characteristics
Other Shortcuts projects and products exist. Showcuts is distinguished by:
- shows individual actions and parameters of shortcuts
- visual similarity to Shortcuts on iOS
- allowing embeds of it's viewer (JS Fiddle)
- supports Shortcuts for iOS 13
- is free and open source (premium tier / a tip jar is planned)
Showcuts does not:
- have a native iOS app (kind of pointless)
- support iOS 12
- allow users to edit Shortcuts (this is planned)
- have an installation / package. I don't think anyone has a use for this code, as far as I know.
Showcuts was in active development from November 2019 - February 2020.
Development slowed as the author entered college, and may have ceased entirely.