SharingService.ServicesForItems

Queries available services for some items.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
Flags	Various flags. Pass 1 to include images for the sharing as base64 encoded PNGs, which you can show in the GUI.	0
Item	Pass one parameter for each item. An item may be a container with an image, a list of URLs, a list of native file paths or styled text.	"Hello World"

Result

Returns JSON or error.

Description

Examples

Fill field with list of services available for items:

Set Variable [ $json ; Value: MBS("SharingService.ServicesForItems";
0; // flags, no images
// pass as many parameter with items. Empty ones will be ignore.
Sharing Services::URLs;
Sharing Services::Text;
Sharing Services::Image;
Sharing Services::File Paths) ]

If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ]
    Set Variable [ $json ; Value: MBS("JSON.Colorize"; $json) ]
End If
Set Field [ Sharing Services::ServiceNames ; $json ]

Query services for text:

MBS( "SharingService.ServicesForItems"; 0; "Hello World" )

Example result:
[ { "menuItemTitle" : "Mail", "title" : "Mail", "name" : "com.apple.share.Mail.compose" }, { "menuItemTitle" : "Messages", "title" : "Messages", "name" : "com.apple.messages.ShareExtension" }, { "menuItemTitle" : "Notes", "title" : "Notes", "name" : "com.apple.Notes.SharingExtension" }, { "menuItemTitle" : "Reminders", "title" : "Reminders", "name" : "com.apple.reminders.sharingextension" } ]

See also

• IsError
• JSON.Colorize

Example Databases

• Mac only/Sharing Services

Blog Entries

• Using Sharing Services in MacOS with FileMaker

This function checks for a license.

Created 27th June 2020, last changed 29th January 2023

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