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Save to Instapaper Action and Service for Snow Leopard!
Allows you to right click on any URL, or list of URLs, and send them straight to your Instapaper for later reading!
The action is general purpose and can be reused in any custom workflows or services.
**Important**
After installing the package, you MUST go to ~/Library/Services/, open the Instapaper workflow, enter your credentials, and then save it.
**Download**
Staff Pick!
Term Extractor 1.0 for Automator:
This action uses the Yahoo! Term Extraction Service to return a weighted list of terms from text.
Edit: Now a Staff Pick on Apple’s Automator Downloads page!
Example: Using the shortenURL Automator action pack in a workflow. (Watch it in HD directly on youtube.)
shortenURL Action Pack 1.0 for Automator:
This bundle includes five Automator Actions, one for each of the popular URL shortening services. They are installed under the “Internet” action category.
Actions:
- Shorten URL with bit.ly
- Shorten URL with j.mp
- Shorten URL with is.gd
- Shorten URL with su.pr
- Shorten URL with tinyurl.com
Features:
All of the actions accept, process, and output a URL or list of URL objects. No exposed scripting; all five are native Automator actions. The bit.ly, j.mp, and su.pr actions support API keys and history.
Snow Leopard Users:
These actions work in Snow Leopard Services.
Usage Notes:
- These actions DO NOT put the shortened URL into the clipboard. You must add the “Copy to Clipboard” action from the “Utilities” category to the workflow for this functionality.
- If blocks of URLs are being recognized as one long URL, add a “Run shell script” (bash) action before the URL action in the workflow. This is due to AppleScript’s handling of strings and lists. Do not add any shell script to the bash window, just leave it as the default.
