brocket
A command line tool for building Amazon Associates
_ links with as few actions as possible.
If you have a link in the clipboard, run this script, then the link on the clipboard becomes an Amazon Associates
_ link.
OS X Only
This is only for Mac OS X 10.8 or higher but it could easily be enhanced to support other operating systems.
Setup
After you pip install brocket
just run brocket
. It will prompt you for your tracking-id. Enter it.
Optional: Make sure it's correct by running brocket --show-tracking-id
.
How to Make Links
Once it's setup, the easiest thing to do is
- Browse to an Amazon URL you want an affiliate link for.
- Copy the URL
- Run the
brocket
command. This will tag the URL with your tracking-id and put the new URL on the clipboard. - Paste the URL where ever you want it to go.
Upping Your Game
I know what you're thinking "4 steps?!? You mean I have to go to my browser and copy a URL, then run a terminal command, then go back...". Yeah yeah I hear you.
There are probably lots of ways to skin this cat but here's what I did.
Make an AppleScript called Brocket
and save it in ~/Library/Scripts
. It just needs to be 1 line::
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/brocket"
Then, if you haven't already install the wonderful FastScripts
_. Your Brocket
script should show up in the menu.
Finally assign Brocket
a keyboard shortcut and you can skip switching to the Terminal to run the Brocket command.
Brocket Deer
This little utility is named for the Brocket Deer
_ which lives around the Amazon river. It also sounds like Rocket, but with a 'B' and I was looking for something with a fast sounding name.
.. _Amazon Associates: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com
.. _Brocket Deer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocket_deer
.. _FastScripts: https://red-sweater.com/fastscripts/