Converting cURL to iOS Shortcut

Reference: Converting cURL to iOS Shortcut This guide provides a step-by-step approach to converting your cURL command into an iOS Shortcut, focusing on clarity and security. Step 1: Open Shortcuts and Create a New Shortcut Launch the Shortcuts app and tap the ”+” button to create a new shortcut. Tap ”Add Action”. Step 2: Add “Get Contents of URL” Search for and add the ”Get Contents of URL” action. Step 3: Configure URL and Method URL: Enter the following URL: https://app.khoj.dev/api/chat/history?client=web&conversation_id=b24b3a6b-0915-41a9-b540-643ed42b60ef Method: Select ”GET”. Step 4: Add Headers Tap on ”Headers” and add the following key-value pairs. See the image below for a visual guide on adding headers: Key Value —————— ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Host app.khoj.dev Sec-Fetch-Dest empty User-Agent Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.1 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 Accept */* Referer https://app.khoj.dev/chat?conversationId=b24b3a6b-0915-41a9-b540-643ed42b60ef Sec-Fetch-Site same-origin Sec-Fetch-Mode cors Accept-Language en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8 Priority u=3, i Accept-Encoding gzip, deflate, br Connection keep-alive Cookie (See Security Considerations below) Instead of directly embedding the cookie here, use a “Get Variable” action to retrieve it from a secure location (e.g., another shortcut dedicated to storing and refreshing it). Step 5: Handling the Response (JSON) Add a ”Get Dictionary Value” action. Connect it to the “Get Contents of URL” action. In the “Key” field of “Get Dictionary Value”, enter the key you want to extract from the JSON response. For example, if the JSON response is {“message”: “Hello”}, enter “message” to extract the value “Hello”. Example JSON Output and Parsing: Let’s say the API returns: {“status”: “success”, “data”: [{“id”: 1, “name”: “John”}, {“id”: 2, “name”: “Jane”}]} To get the name of the first user, you would set the “Key” in “Get Dictionary Value” to “data”, then use another “Get Item from List” action to get the first item, and finally another “Get Dictionary Value” action with the key “name”. Step 6: Displaying the Result Add a ”Show Result” action and connect it to the output of the “Get Dictionary Value” action (or any other action processing the response). Step 7: Security Considerations Important: Directly embedding the session cookie in your shortcut is not recommended due to security risks and session expiration. Instead, store the cookie securely and retrieve it dynamically. Consider using a dedicated secrets management shortcut or iCloud Keychain. This allows you to refresh the cookie periodically without modifying the main shortcut. Step 8: Save and Run Save your shortcut with a descriptive name (e.g., “Get Chat History”). Run the shortcut to test its functionality.