The screen update that lives on your phone.
Shortcuts is the automation app already installed on every iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Its Get Contents of URL action POSTs JSON to your Hangar.Media inbound webhook — so a tap, a Siri phrase, or a personal automation updates your screens from your pocket.
The smallest possible distance between you and the screen
No dashboard, no laptop, no login. Build a shortcut once — Get Contents of URL, method POST, your webhook URL, a JSON body — and pin it to the Home Screen, trigger it with Siri, or schedule it as a personal automation. The manager’s phone becomes the remote control for the signage estate.
What you can do with that lives on your phone.
Three capabilities that make this integration essential for your digital signage network.
Get Contents of URL is the bridge
Add the Get Contents of URL action: tap Show More, set the method to POST, paste your inbound webhook URL, choose a JSON request body, and add the X-Webhook-Token header. That is the whole setup.
If you can build a shortcut, you can drive a screen.
JSON request body builds key-value pairs visually
Works from iPhone, iPad, Mac — and Apple Watch via Siri
Screens update within seconds of the push arriving
Shape the payload into screen content
Point display columns at payload fields with dot-notation paths, set defaults for missing fields, and apply per-column transforms — uppercase, lowercase, truncate, prefix, suffix. The same mapping engine powers every automation platform integration, so a recipe built once is portable across tools.
Your automation sends data; the mapping decides how it reads on screen.
Dot-notation paths reach nested payload fields
Defaults fill gaps so screens never show blanks
Transforms tidy values without touching the automation
Token-verified delivery
Your sending step includes the integration secret in the X-Webhook-Token header; Hangar.Media compares it in constant time, fail-closed, and rejects anything else with a 401.
Every push is authenticated before a pixel changes.
Constant-time secret comparison, fail-closed
One-click secret rotation
Unknown senders receive 401 and publish nothing
Four steps to connected screens.
From setup to live content in minutes, not days.
Connect the integration
Add the Apple Shortcuts integration in Hangar.Media. Your unique inbound webhook URL and secret are generated instantly.
Build the shortcut
Add a Get Contents of URL action: Show More, method POST, your inbound webhook URL, Request Body JSON with your fields, and a header X-Webhook-Token with your integration secret.
Map fields to the display
Choose Data Table, Content Cards, or KPI Metrics, then map payload fields to display columns with the field mapper. Defaults and transforms are optional.
Push and publish
Run the automation. The payload renders in the bound widget on your screens within seconds — enable Accumulate for a rolling board of recent pushes.
Built for every sector.
See how different industries use this integration to drive results.
Sold-out in one tap
The kitchen marks a dish sold out from the chef’s iPhone — the menu screen card updates before the next customer orders.
RetailFlash promotions from the shop floor
A manager fires a pinned shortcut to push a flash-sale card to window screens — no till, no back office.
BeautyWalk-in waitlist updates
Front desk taps a shortcut after each booking; the lobby screen’s waitlist table stays current all day.
EducationDuty announcements
Staff push schedule changes from an iPad — cover assignments land on the staff-room screen instantly.
Common questions. Straight answers.
How is the webhook secured
The shortcut includes your integration secret in the X-Webhook-Token header; Hangar.Media compares it in constant time and rejects non-matching requests with a 401 — fail-closed, with no anonymous path.
What payload shape does Hangar.Media expect
Any JSON. A single object becomes one row or card; an array of objects becomes one row or card per record. With a field mapping configured, only the mapped fields are displayed; without one, the raw fields are shown as a key-value table.
Can one push update several screens
Yes. The push lands in the integration’s data feed; every design widget bound to that feed updates, wherever those designs are scheduled — one push can update one screen or the whole estate.
Can shortcuts run automatically
Yes. Personal automations run shortcuts on triggers — a time of day, arriving at a location, tapping an NFC tag — so screens can update without anyone opening the app.
One price. The whole platform.
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