Not so obvious to me ! I have created the Quick Action but I don't know how to trigger it, so I have saved it as an app. Also when I execute it from Automator (play button), the script doesn't work (nothing is pasted). Would you mind helping ? Looks the best way to quickly format a copied json ! Thanks
Yeah, that was a very terse explanation, and Automator is so user-friendly it's hard to use.
1. Start Automator.
2. In the "Choose a type..." sheet, choose "Quick Action".
3. Set these:
Workflow recieves "current text" in "any application".
Input is "entire selection". [X] Output replaces text.
4. Add "Run shell script" and select your preferred shell.
jq .
(Note that Automator is handling your stdin / stdout.)
5. File / Save.
You can now find your workflow by command-clicking the document name in the window's titlebar. It should be in /Users/You/Library/Services
Now, fire up TextEdit, enter some JSON. Right-click, select Services and your service should be present. It's also in the TextEdit menu under Services.
