MagiCapture Introduction
MagiCapture is a web-based service designed to capture user input from various sources and route it to a user-specified destination. The service accepts input through multiple channels, including typed form submissions, voice dictation via iOS Shortcuts, and email triggers.
The core functionality of MagiCapture revolves around the seamless delivery of user-provided content to a chosen destination, such as a Notion database or a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
MagiCapture Quickstart
Get started with MagiCapture in just a few steps:
- Create an account on MagiCapture
- Set up your first input source
- Connect a destination
- Create a route between your source and destination
- Start sending data through MagiCapture!
Installation
MagiCapture is a web-based service, so there's no installation required. Simply sign up for an account and you're ready to go.
For iOS Shortcuts integration with MagiCapture, you'll need to install the Shortcuts app on your iOS device and create a shortcut that sends data to your MagiCapture endpoint.
Web Forms with MagiCapture
MagiCapture provides endpoints that you can use as the action for your HTML forms. When a user submits the form, the data is sent to MagiCapture and then routed to your chosen destination.
<form action="https://magicapture.app/api/form/YOUR_FORM_ID" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="title" placeholder="Title" />
<textarea name="content" placeholder="Content"></textarea>
<button type="submit">Submit to MagiCapture</button>
</form>
iOS Shortcuts with MagiCapture
You can use iOS Shortcuts to capture voice input and send it to MagiCapture. This is great for quick note-taking or task creation on the go.
- Open the Shortcuts app on your iOS device
- Create a new shortcut
- Add the "Dictate Text" action
- Add the "Get Contents of URL" action
- Set the URL to your MagiCapture endpoint
- Set the method to POST
- Add the dictated text as the request body
- Save your shortcut with a MagiCapture-friendly name