To make this a bit fancier, you might also like to add a “Display Notification” (from the Utilities library on the left) after the “Run Shell Script”. And you don’t need to install anything to make it work. But I intentionally refused to use the jq tool because it is not pre-installed in MacOS.

The response body also contains a JSON object that includes the download URL you can parse it with jq, for example. Sed - used to remove the trailing “carriage return” symbol at the end of extracted string

Grep - used to parse the response for the needed header (i.e., field) with the file download linkĬut - used to extract the URL from the parsed result Utilities used in the script - explained #Ĭurl - used to make web requests (like your browser does) Put the following script into the Run Shell Script window, replacing the YOUR_API_KEY_HERE string with your API key obtained from TinyPNG. Workflow receives current files and folders in FinderĬlick the Option button at the bottom of the Action window and Uncheck Show this action when the workflow runs. Set the following workflow configuration options as described below: Workflow configuration #įind the Run Shell Script action on the Utilities list in Library on the left, and drag it onto the right side of the panel. On the New Action screen, chose Quick ActionĪfter you click the “Choose” button, you’ll see the workflow configuration window. If you never used this app before, please read about it on the official user guide website. They sometimes block some countries (for example, Ukraine) from registration in that case, try to use a web-proxy or VPN. You need to register at TinyPNG and get your API key here - Developer API. If you selected a folder along with the files, the script would process all png and jpeg files in it. You select needed files or folders, then right-click on them, click on the Services menu item and choose TinyPNG.Īfter a moment, the new optimized versions of images will appear near to original files. Or “How to add TinyPNG image compression to your macOS Finder contextual menu.” What is it and how it works # I just wanted to compress one image, but went to far…

Tiny png app