Use pasted url to open in another app

[mickaphd]

Hi guys, 

 

Quick question: I would like to use Alfred to open a pasted url in another app: IINA (a VLC equivalent that I use to play youtube videos for example). 

I already created a small workflow with this request "iina://weblink?url={query}" which works perfectly fine when I paste the URL. But I would like to use automatically what I copied in the clipboard. I tried some stuffs like "iina://weblink?url={clipboard:0}" but it's not working. Any idea? 

 

Thanks a lot

 

M

 

[deanishe]

You can use pbpaste to get the contents of the clipboard.

Here's a workflow that does what you want.

Edited November 5, 2017 by deanishe
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[mickaphd]

Thank you deanishe. I was not able to download the workflow because of 404 error. Will try with the pbpaste command

[GuiB]

@mickaphd {clipboard} inside an "Open URL" object won't be expanded, but using the "Arg and Vars" it will. So you can just add a "Arg and Vars" object before the "Open URL" that would send the content of the clipboard and use "iina://weblink?url={query}" for the URL

 

Here is a small workflow to show you this method: https://nofile.io/f/yKeyvqbN4zd/SendToIINA.alfredworkflow

 

Best!

[deanishe]

On 04/11/2017 at 3:56 AM, mickaphd said:

Thank you deanishe. I was not able to download the workflow because of 404 error. Will try with the pbpaste command

 

Sorry about that. I fixed the link. Here it is again.

[mickaphd]

Thanks a lot guys, both of them works like a charm. Very good examples for me to learn now how I can do other workflows! 

[dlandes]

On 11/6/2017 at 5:00 AM, deanishe said:

 

Sorry about that. I fixed the link. Here it is again.

Awesome! Thank you. I was looking for this.