[SOLVED] How to use two variables for File Filters in Alfred ?

[Bhishan]

I have defined two environment variables and used them to get the variables.

 

For example:

 

environment variable: fifa = 6/14/2018    and python script gives dfifa = 30

environment variable: cmu =  6/16/2018 and python script gives dcmu = 32

 

Now, When we use {var:dfifa} and {var:dcmu} only one variable works.

 

The workflow is shared in github.

 

How can we fix the problem ? Thanks.

Edited May 15, 2018 by Bhishan

[deanishe]

Firstly, I'm moving this topic to Workflow Help & Questions.

 

You need to run the scripts one after another, not in parallel:

 

 

If you run them in parallel, they don't complete at the same time. One of the paths will activate the List Filter before the other has finished, which is why only one variable is set.

 

It would make more sense to just have a single script (seeing as they're basically duplicates) that sets multiple variables.

 

Edited May 15, 2018 by deanishe

[Bhishan]

 

 

@deanishe  I would love to use single script

But the problem is two values are combined into single variable and they can not be used separately.

 

Here is the python script to print two numbers: 

from __future__ import with_statement, print_function, division
import sys
import os
import datetime
date_format = "%m/%d/%Y"


# Using variables
cmu = os.getenv('fifa')


# Calulating days difference
today_str = datetime.date.today().strftime(date_format)
today = datetime.datetime.strptime(today_str, date_format)

someday = datetime.datetime.strptime(cmu, date_format)
days_diff = abs((someday - today).days)


# print will give output
print('Days Until FIFA:', days_diff)

If I use:

 

print(30,40) # Just for practice

It will give {query} = 30,40  and How can we use 30 and 40 separately in File Action ?

Edited May 15, 2018 by Bhishan

[deanishe]

Read the stickied thread at the top of this forum about setting variables. 

Edited May 15, 2018 by deanishe

[Bhishan]

@deanishe  Thanks for the reference.

 

That's a great article, but unfortunately, there is no example workflow to execute the theory explained.

 

Feature Request: If there are some simple example workflow it would be great and a lot of new users will benefit from them.

 

I tried to follow exactly the instruction and printed given format in python, but to no avail:

 

import sys


output = """
{"alfredworkflow:" {
"arg": "https://www.google.com",
"variables": {"browser": "Google Chrome"}}}
"""
print(output.lstrip())

 

In bash script:

echo $browser > ~/hello.txt

 

It did not print the google chrome in  ~/hello.txt.

 

I have uploaded the workflow here

Edited May 15, 2018 by Bhishan

[deanishe]

32 minutes ago, Bhishan said:

printed given format in python

 

You don't create JSON in Python using strings. You don't do it in any language. You use a proper JSON library, or you will mess it up:

 

import json
import sys

browser = 'Google Chrome'
arg = 'https://www.google.com'

data = {'arg': arg, 'variables': {'browser': browser}}

json.dump({'alfredworkflow': data}, sys.stdout)

 

Also, use Alfred's debugger. It told you precisely what was wrong with your script.

Edited May 15, 2018 by deanishe