URL Cleaner

COMMENT

Clean up URLs by removing tracking parameters from them. The shortcut supports a built-in list of widely known tracking parameters (courtesy of Robb Knight), and can be easily expanded to remove more tracking parameters from URLs.

COMMENT

Match tracking parameters

TEXT

VARIABLES

Set variable

Pattern

to

Pattern

URL

Shortcut Input

VARIABLES

Set variable

Input URL

to

URL

SCRIPTING

If

Input URL

does not have any value

COMMENT

There is no URL from the share sheet

COMMENT

First, check if it is a Mac

SCRIPTING

If

WFInput?

is

Mac

runapplescript Under Construction

COMMENT

Check if Safari is running

TEXT

AppleScript Result

SCRIPTING

If

Text

is

Yes

COMMENT

Get the URL from the current Safari tab

safari.geturl Under Construction

VARIABLES

Set variable

Input URL

to

URL

Otherwise

COMMENT

Safari is not running

End If

Otherwise

COMMENT

It is not a Mac; get the URL from the clipboard

WEB

Get URLs from

Clipboard

VARIABLES

Set variable

Input URL

to

URLs

End If

COMMENT

Try one final attempt to see if the Input URL is empty or not; if still empty, just prompt the user to enter one manually.

SCRIPTING

If

Input URL

does not have any value

SCRIPTING

Ask

What’s the URL to clean up?

Input Type

URL

Default Answer

Text

VARIABLES

Set variable

Input URL

to

Provided Input

End If

DOCUMENTS

Replace

(\?|&)(

Pattern

)\=(.+)

with

World

in

Input URL

Case Sensitive

Regular Expression

WEB

Get URLs from

Updated Text

SHARING

Copy

URLs

to clipboard

Local Only

Expire At

Today at 3 pm

TEXT

Cleaned up and copied:

URLs

NOTIFICATIONS

Show notification

Text

Options Under Construction

COMMENT

Set the output of the shortcut

WEB

Get URLs from

URLs