Modern: Giphy?

[Placehold]

Hey,

 

So I tried searching for this and everything is pretty outdated.

I'm looking for a workflow to do the following.

 

1. Search for a Gif based on my {Query}
2. Have it copy to my clipboard

2B. Have an Alt option to export it directly into the input field I am currently focused on

I basically want it to copy the Slack integration, where it randomly selects one from the query.

Kindest Regards

[deanishe]

6 minutes ago, Placehold said:

Search for a Gif based on my {Query}

 

Why do you need a workflow? Why doesn't a simple File Filter work?

 

5 minutes ago, Placehold said:

Have an Alt option to export it directly into the input field I am currently focused on

 

"Input field" where? In a browser? A Mac app?

 

A text field? A file (upload) field?

 

What do you mean by "export"?

[Placehold]

1. I want to use this on multiple apps and not just in slack directly from the website so I don't have to download the file each time to my desktop.

2. Input field can be in an app, or in a browser, I had a few workflows previously which would output Jira ticket details etc into any input I was currently focused on which made it easy for me to update UX, UI flows and documentations. I'd love to do the same with this.

3. By export I mean,  I search, and it automatically copies that Giphy, then pastes it into the input field I am currently focused on, which can be a text field, any field where you'd type text and can accept images such as hipchat.

Kindest Regards

[deanishe]

So you want a workflow that searches the Giphy API and copies the URL, optionally also pasting it to the active application?

 

2 minutes ago, Placehold said:

where you'd type text and can accept images

 

Images aren't text. To be clear, you mean the URL of an image?

 

[Placehold]

I completely 100% understand that images are NOT text.

OK, ok.

 

Hipchat has an input field which can accept pasted content, images, text etc.. If I search for a Giphy like so "Giphy big balls" I want it to paste that image or export that image into that input field whether it exports or pastes is another thing. (by export I'm referring to taking it from the giphy website via the api and sending it to me via api into alfred app due to the workflow being the thing that makes this happens and then pushing it into Hipchat input field).

Kindest Regards

[Vero]

@Placehold Welcome to the forum  Could you please fill in your Powerpack email address in your forum profile before asking Workflow-related questions?

 

Cheers,

Vero

[deanishe]

2 minutes ago, Placehold said:

I completely 100% understand that images are NOT text.

 

2 minutes ago, Placehold said:

paste that image or export that image into that input field

 

So you want to paste the binary GIF data?

 

3 minutes ago, Placehold said:

whether it exports or pastes is another thing

 

If you want to put data in an arbitrary input field, you're pasting it.

[Placehold]

I'm not sure how it would be done, I've been trying to get it to work.
I managed to get it to automatically paste the URL but the gif itself, for some reason is not working which is why I need help.

1. Trigger Alfred and type Giphy {query}
2. Gif appears in focused textbox/input box

(Again, should mimic Slack usage for giphy where it picks a random gif from a set of results using your query, if the query was Banana and there were 12 results, it should choose 1 from the 12)

Also updated my powerpack email address in my profile

Kindest Regards

[deanishe]

If you already have a workflow, even a non-working one, could you upload that somewhere and post a link?

[Placehold]

Let me find it in my bin first haha
I'll upload it shortly, bare with me ?