Bulk MB Image Uploader shortcut

Use Apple Shortcuts to upload a bunch of images to Micro.blog at once.

This shortcut helps you to upload sets of images to your Micro.blog account and copy the resulting image URLs (optionally as Markdown or HTML) to the clipboard for easy sharing or editing. Get items from the share sheet, or run it without input to choose from sources like Files, Photos, the clipboard, and the camera.

Includes an option to automatically generate image descriptions for each upload using the ‘Generate Alt Text with OpenAI Vision’ shortcut.

Built in response to this microblog post.

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See It in Action

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Run This Shortcut

You can run this shortcut from its URL (such as from within a note, calendar event, or to-do item):

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Bulk%20MB%20Image%20Uploader

Latest Release Notes

Version 1.3 — 2024-03-19

  • Fixed a mistake related to setting a blog destination (now it uses your Micro.blog subdomain, not the numeric site ID) (Thanks @manton!)
  • Download version 1.3
Version History

Version 1.2 — 2024-03-15

  • Added setup step to specify which blog the images should be uploaded to. If left blank, it will default to the last used blog on your account.
  • Added a blank line so that the list of images has some separation
  • Download version 1.2

Version 1.1 — 2024-03-07

  • Added support to optionally generate image descriptions with the ‘Generate Alt Text with OpenAI Vision’ shortcut
  • Added option to copy the uploaded images as HTML
  • Added an error check if no images are found on the clipboard for input
  • Other spit and polish
  • Download version 1.1

Version 1.0 — 2024-03-07

Thanks for checking out this shortcut! It’s part of the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. If you’re sharing my shortcuts or modifying them (or see a bug or have a feature request), I’d love to hear from you — please give me a shout! And maybe consider a donation if you find this shortcut fun or useful. Thank you. ✌️