Shorten Text

script

var replacementURL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisgrieser/twitter-workspace-for-drafts/main/shorten_list.csv';
var delimiter = ','; //delimiter used in the list
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//saves draft to be able to undo this action
draft.saveVersion(); 
previousLength = draft.content.length;

//fetch csv-list online
var http = HTTP.create(); //s explanatin: https://scripting.getdrafts.com/classes/http#request
var response = http.request({"url": replacementURL, "method": "GET"});

if (response.success) {
  var csvText = response.responseText;
}
else {
  console.log(response.statusCode);
  console.log(response.error);
}

//filtering of '" (has only be in the csv for convenince making spaces easier visible)
csvText = csvText.replaceAll ("\"","");

//filtering of empty and JS-style comments in the fetched csv
csvText = csvText.replace (/\/\/.*?$/gm,"");
while (csvText.includes("\n\n") ){
	csvText = csvText.replaceAll ("\n\n","\n");
}

csvText = csvText.substring(1,csvText.length-1); //removes empty first line

//removes double spaces
csvText = csvText.replaceAll ("  "," ");

//every line becomes an element of the array
var replacementList = csvText.split("\n"); 

//replaces longform with shortform
replacementList.forEach (element => {
	temp = element.split(delimiter);
	draft.content = draft.content.replaceAll (temp[0],temp[1]);
} )

//display the number of characters saved
charsSaved = previousLength - draft.content.length;
if (charsSaved > 0){
	app.displaySuccessMessage (charsSaved.toString() + " chars saved");
} else {
	app.displayErrorMessage("Nothing found that can be shortened.");
}

draft.update();