iOS shortcut to fetch RSS feeds from files, select articles to read and open them in a web browser.
view in action!
- works with almost any URLs you can share!
- can fetch feeds form remote url.
- can automatically copy from clipboard.
- set default feed.
- choose which articles to read and open them.
- Make sure you have enabled the untrusted shortcuts option in
Settings -> Shortcuts. - Make sure to have the dependencies installed.
- See the latest release. Access the icloud link, then click on the icloud link. Open it with the Shortcuts app, scroll down and click on add shortcut.
- you can either:
- a) give it a file or a text selection and choose which feeds to view, or
- b) launch it from the homescreen and be prompted to type the feeds.
- c) automatically use the clipboard.
- have a list of rss/atom feeds, either in a text file, in your notes,
or somewhere you can select text. (see demo
- select the list of urls and click on share, then select the
RSS-moishortcut. - you will be asked to select which feeds you want to use.
- select the list of urls and click on share, then select the
- for each feed, you will have to select at least one article to read. After going through all your selected feeds, the URLs open in Safari.
- You can also run the shortcut with no entry info, meaning you can invoke it from your home screen.
- if you do this, you will be prompted to write the URLs, you can paste links of course.
- if you'd like to use the clipboard, you can edit the shortcut configuration (simply change the
pastekey totrue. It is located inside the dictionary, below the comments at the top.)
- you can also retrieve the list of feed URLs from a remote URL (e.g. from a raw gist)
- to enable this, simply change the
get_fromkey in the dictionary to any URl of your choice that hosts your list of URL feeds. Note that any non-valid RSS feeds might cause the app to break (see: known-issues)
- to enable this, simply change the
- iOS Shortcuts App. install here
- make sure to have the option 'untrusted shortcuts' in the settings app (-> Shortcuts) enabled. More info here
- how did I export the iOS shortcut to a file ?
- I followed this article's instructions.
- Although it didn't work at first, I removed the last instruction and added one that saved the Resulting element to a file.
- here is my modified version of the shortcut exporter
- note: to import shortcuts you must first move them to your iCloud Drive.
- you have to select- at least - for each feed, one article.
- any urls that are not RSS links can break the Shortcut.
Licensed under the MIT License. see the license file.