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6: Automating iOS with Matthew Cassinelli

Automators

CHAPTER

Using APIs and Shortcuts to Interact With the Web

shortcuts are a way to create URLs that can be used by developers. They use an API key and data from the location, such as dark sky.net's weather forecast. The action is just like curl on the in the terminal where they're entering all their information. This will let them download URLs, but you can do the same in shortcuts. And so this is where some of the magic of APIs and shortcuts happens.

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