How to return Alfred result XML from AppleScript?

[alpo]

I'm trying my hand on a new workflow that is supposed to perform a search in Evernote using AppleScript and return the results as XML for Alfred to display.  (I am aware of the existing Evernote workflows, but I'm trying something specific)

 

1.  I created a flow with a Run NSAppleScript action

2.  In the script I'm doing something simple for now

on alfred_script(q)
  -- your script here
	tell application "Evernote"
		set theResults to (find notes "tag:qq " & q)
	end tell

	
	if theResults = {} then
		set theOut to my empty_xml(q)
	else
		set theOut to my to_xml(theResults)
	end if
	
	-- display dialog theOut		
	return theOut

end alfred_script

on empty_xml(query)
	set xml to "<items>"
	set xml to xml & "<item uid='notfound' arg='' valid='yes'>"
	set xml to xml & "<title>Unanswered quick question</title>"
	set xml to xml & "<subtitle><![CDATA[No answers found for question" & query & "]]></subtitle>"
	set xml to xml & "<icon>icon.png</icon>"
	set xml to xml & "</item>"
	set xml to xml & "</items>"
	return xml
end empty_xml

on to_xml(theResults)
	return ""
end to_xml

3.  The above returns a result in the form 

<items><item uid='notfound' arg='' valid='yes'><title>Unanswered quick question</title><subtitle>No answers found for question </subtitle><icon>note.png</icon></item></items>

<!-- or --> 

<items><item uid='evernote:///view/2147483647/s112/bc3656b2-b355-4f7d-8347-126f00e37d4d/bc3656b2-b355-4f7d-8347-126f00e37d4d/' arg='evernote:///view/2147483647/s112/bc3656b2-b355-4f7d-8347-126f00e37d4d/bc3656b2-b355-4f7d-8347-126f00e37d4d/' valid='yes'><title><![CDATA[What the address of the Oracle office in Oakland?]]></title><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>

which to me look valid.

 

This is not working in the sense that I don't see any errors or results.  What am I doing wrong? 

 

thanks

[deanishe]

You can only return results for Alfred to display from Script Filters, not Run Scripts or Run NSAppleScripts.

 

[alpo]

TIL.  Thank you @deanishe!