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I'm interested in making a Service (using Automator if possible) that allows me to perform an action on a URL.

If the URL exists as plain text, this works just fine.

However, if the URL is a link in rich text, then my service gets the link's title, rather than it's URL.

How can I obtain the URL when activating a Service on a rich text link?

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Can we assume that no text is selected besides the URL? – timothymh Feb 22 '12 at 14:52
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Yes, just the link is selected. For example, when viewing a message in Mail.app, if I right-click on a link, it selects the entire link (and only the link), and the right-click menu shows Services that accept Text as input. – smokris Feb 22 '12 at 18:52
The thought just occurred to me: could it be that it's receiving it as a "string" rather than as "text"? This probably isn't what's happening, but I think it's a possibility. – timothymh Feb 22 '12 at 20:43
@TimothyMueller-Harder: I don't understand — how do "string" and "text" differ? What should I change? – smokris Feb 23 '12 at 1:00
Never mind—I was thinking Applescript. Upon further Automator research, there's apparently no difference for what you're doing. :) – timothymh Feb 23 '12 at 1:05

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