Longshot exposes actions that lets pro users and developers of other apps send commands to Longshot. Let’s see details ……

Invoke Longshot Command

  • Start Capture: longshot://snip?func=start
  • Start area screen record: longshot://record?func=start_area
  • Start OCR: longshot://ocr?func=start
  • Start screen rule: longshot://rule?func=start
  • Shortcuts Settting: longshot://pref?page=shortcuts

Invoke Longshot Command, Longshot Operation Will Return Results to the Invoking App

  • Screenshot Copy:

    longshot://x-callback-url/snip?func=start&channel=clipboard&type=data&x-source=SourceApp&x-success=sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptSnip?x-source=longshot&x-error=sourceapp://x-callback-url/snipError?x-source=longshot&errorMessage=message

    Where:

    • SourceApp is the name of the invoking app.
    • When Longshot is successfully called, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptSnip?x-source=longshot.
    • When Longshot fails, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/snipError?x-source=longshot&errorMessage=message.

  • Area Screen Recording:

    longshot://x-callback-url/record?func=startArea&channel=clipboard&type=filepath&x-source=SourceApp&x-success=sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptRecord?x-source=longshot&x-error=sourceapp://x-callback-url/recordError?x-source=longshot&errorMessage=message

    Where:

    • SourceApp is the name of the invoking app.
    • When Longshot is successfully called, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptRecord?x-source=longshot.
    • When Longshot fails, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/recordError?x-source=longshot&errorMessage=message.

  • OCR Text Recognition:

    longshot://x-callback-url/ocr?func=start&channel=clipboard&type=string&x-source=SourceApp&x-success=sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptOcr?x-source=longshot&x-error=sourceapp://x-callback-url/ocrError?x-source-longshot&errorMessage=message

    Where:

    • SourceApp is the name of the invoking app.
    • When Longshot is successfully called, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/acceptOcr?x-source=longshot.
    • When Longshot fails, it will invoke sourceapp://x-callback-url/ocrError?x-source-longshot&errorMessage=message.

References

  1. x-callback-url