Make multiple api calls

[ckueda]

I was wondering how I can make a second api call based on an id I receive when making a first api call. For example using the Movie Database API (https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api) I'd like to performa a search using the search endpoint (https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/search/search-movies) for a particular title. Then using the id I receive from the selecting a result from that search perform another api call to the image endpoint (https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/movies/get-movie-images) to get a list of all the movie posters available. 

 

I was able to get the id using this tutorial as a starter (https://www.deanishe.net/alfred-workflow/tutorial_1.html) and using the Script Filter, but I'm a little confused as to next steps. I set the wf.add_item() arg to the id then I figured I'd hook up the output of the script filter to a Run Script Action using another python file as an External Script but this doesn't seem to be working. Or can I connect it to another Script Filter? If there are any examples of something like this please let me know. 

 

Thanks 

[deanishe]

Your Run Script idea should work just fine. Are you getting an error in Alfred’s debugger? If I had to guess, I’d say you maybe forgot to make the script executable?

 

You can connect a Script Filter to another Script Filter. Whether that’s appropriate depends on what you want to do with the covers.

 

If you’d like a definitive answer, please upload the workflow somewhere and post a link so we can have a look.