Copy Mac Mail Title & URL to Clipboard

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Hi there,

I currently use a workflow to drag a Mac Mail item to Rich Text Editor which creates the title of the email that's linked to it's source (for example message:%3C85EB6...), which I then paste into WorkFlowy. Is there any possible way to accomplish this with real-javascript (or any other way), meaning... to copy a Mac Mail title & URL to the clipboard?

If so this would be so amazing!!!

Thanks!
Craig

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try this with the run real java script action:

(async ()=> {
let messageIDScript = `
   tell application "Mail"
	set _msgs to selected messages of message viewer 0
	if (_msgs is not equal to missing value) then
		set _msg to first item of _msgs
		return message id of _msg
	end if
end tell
`;

let messageID = await runAppleScript(messageIDScript);

let messageSubjectScript = `
   tell application "Mail"
	set _msgs to selected messages of message viewer 0
	if (_msgs is not equal to missing value) then
		set _msg to first item of _msgs
		return subject of _msg
	end if
end tell
`;

let messageSubject = await runAppleScript(messageSubjectScript);


let html = `<a href="message://%3C${messageID}%3E">${messageSubject}</a>`;

await set_clipboard_content({content:html, format: 'NSPasteboardTypeHTML'})

returnToBTT(html);

})();

Can be optimized for sure, but should do the trick. However like this it will only be possible to paste in apps that support HTML

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Oh my goodness!!! This is so perfect! Pastes perfectly into WorkFlowy, which supports HTML, enabling me to link back to pertinent mail. You just made my day!
Thanks!!!

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