Get Apple News Original URL
Share an Apple.News URL to this shortcut and get the underlying article URL back
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Description
Ever hated sharing an article from Apple News, only to get the apple.news link as a result?
Just want the original article URL instead?
Share an Apple news article to this shortcut, and get the original URL back. Prompt at the end lets you pick between copying the URL to your clipboard or sharing it somewhere else.
Latest Release Notes
1.6 - July 2, 2020, 7:37 p.m.
Fixes an issue with extracting the full URL from Apple's updated redirect webpage (thanks @grahams!)
Past versions
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@grahams
This shortcut seems to have broken with some recent update. Now any Apple News story I try to use it with resolves to http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
I made sure to uninstall and reinstall the shortcut, but had the same result.
Thanks!
Reply · 1 month ago
Reply · 1 month ago
@jakebathman
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Thanks! This issue was fixed in version 1.6, and you can update by running the shortcut directly and tapping "Update this shortcut"
Reply · 1 month ago
Reply · 1 month ago