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Read a Page

A whole page as Markdown, in one request.

Action referenceRead

What this action does #

First, connect Notion in Services. Then open Actions → + → Notion and choose Read a Page.

To find this direct request action, choose Every Notion endpoint in the integration’s picker. The setup guide also explains the dedicated forms for common tasks.

More about this action

Headings, text, to-dos and lists come back as Markdown; a table on the page comes back as a `<database>` tag naming it. Far cheaper than walking the page's blocks, and the easiest thing to hand to a later step as text.

Very long pages come back cut short, and say so in `truncated`.

Inputs to fill in #

Open an input to choose its value. Keep a fixed value with Text, receive it from Shortcuts, ask when the action runs, or use an Earlier Step. Read how input sources work.

Page

RequiredText

Supply a text value for this input.

Example value (replace with your own):
248104cd-477e-80a9-8a1b-e4f8b0f8c1d2

What comes back #

In the action editor, open Output → Returned Value to choose fields for your shortcut. These are the response fields described by the app; a service may omit an optional field or return an empty list. JSON File contains the full response.

Returned fieldTypeMeaning
markdownstringThe page, as Markdown.
truncatedbooleanTrue when the page was too long to send whole.

Run it from Shortcuts #

  1. Give the action a recognizable name and tap Save.
  2. In Apple Shortcuts, add Shortcutify’s Execute Action and select the saved action.
  3. Supply any Param or File slots you bound in the inputs, then run the shortcut.

If the result is unexpected, open Logs in Shortcutify, select the run, and inspect this step’s inputs and response.

Advanced reference #

Request, permissions, and identifiers

Request: GET https://api.notion.com/v1/pages/{page_id}/markdown

Action identifier: notion.pages.markdown.v1

No additional per-action permissions are declared in the app’s catalog. The integration’s connection and account access rules still apply.

InputRequest keyLocation
Pagepage_idpath

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