Breeze Booth Automation with iOS Shortcuts
Breeze Booth for iPad can be automated using the iOS Shortcuts app using the breezebooth URL schema. This makes it possible to do things like create a voice activated photo booth by saying “Hey Siri, boomerang GIF” or turn the photo booth on and off at certain times or when the battery level drops below a certain level.
To automate Breeze Booth for iPad create a shortcut in the iOS Shortcuts app and set the action to “Open URLs”. Set the URL to breezebooth:// followed by one or more URL parameters to activate touchscreen commands in Breeze Booth for iPad or to set the event name or event strings. Give the shortcut a suitable name (e.g. “Boomerang GIF”) so that Siri can run the shortcut when you say its name e.g. “Hey Siri, boomerang GIF”.
The screenshot above shows how to define a simple shortcut in the iOS Shortcuts app to start a boomerang GIF session in Breeze Booth for iPad.
Please see Apple’s online documentation for information on how to use the Shortcuts app to create shortcuts and automations: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios
URL parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| c | activate a touchscreen command | breezebooth://?c=switchToGifAndStart |
| en | set the event name string | breezebooth://?en=name |
| es1 | set event string 1 | breezebooth://?es1=one |
| es2 | set event string 2 | breezebooth://?es2=one |
| es3 | set event string 3 | breezebooth://?es3=one |
| es4 | set event string 4 | breezebooth://?es4=one |
| es5 | set event string 5 | breezebooth://?es5=one |
| es6 | set event string 6 | breezebooth://?es6=one |
More than one parameter can be added to a URL by separating them by &.
Example: to set the event name to Birthday and start a photo session set the URL to:
breezebooth://?en=Birthday&c=switchToStillsAndStart
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Please note that touchscreen commands will only be activated if Breeze Booth for iPad is running an event and the touchscreen action is defined.
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