Notion.so Instant Search Workflow

[wrjlewis]

For those who love Notion.so (really great documentation & more tool), you will know how useful it would be to get instant search results from Notion in Alfred. 

 

To that reason I've created a workflow that does exactly that, allowing you to search your Notion.so workspace from Alfred, showing instant results, and the ability to open the browser to your selected page.

 

There are two env variables required (the notion search api isn't documented), these can be obtained by inspecting the network request from a notion search, as documented in github below. 

 

Check it out and download here: https://github.com/wrjlewis/notion-search-alfred-workflow/blob/master/README.md

[haakonstorm]

This workflow is awesome. I'm going to use it hundreds of times every day.

I had it on my todo to make it myself, but haven't gotten around to it.

Notion is awesome. When the (official) Notion API hits, it's gonna change everything.

 

 

[haakonstorm]

Hey, would it be much work (I don't know Python!) to add

- in addition to searching with `ns` an operator like `nsall` that returns every "title" from ny Notion items? 

- or searching and returning everything (or just the titles/names!) inside a particular Table?

 

[flome]

Just want to say thanks for making this! I rely on notion so heavily that I have my own python scripts (using notion-py) to manipulate my productivity system.

[MasterBruce]

This is beautiful, @wrjlewis

 

You're amazing!

 

In the readme you mention:

 

Quote

If you prefer using the Mac app of Notion, just replace https://www.notion.so with notion://www.notion.so/ in the workflow script.

 

Please clarify where, or just provide the full script, for simplicity. It isn't quite working for me.

 

Thanks so much!!

[johnathanz]

@wrjlewis Thanks so much for creating this plugin. It's pretty awesome!

@MasterBruce to have the plugin work with desktop version of Notion:

1) you click the Script in Alfred workflow

2) in the Script Field, search for the words (there should be 2 instances)

http://www.notion.so/

3) replace the text with:

notion://www.notion.so/

 

[possertive]

I'm not getting any results. Is this still working?

[MasterBruce]

15 hours ago, possertive said:

I'm not getting any results. Is this still working?

  

 

It's working for me.

1. Bring up Alfred

2. Type "ns " and then your search term.

3. After a small delay, the results populate.

[johnathanz]

I made some changes to @wrjlewis Workflow:

* Added title search - use "nt"
* Works with Notion Desktop instead of Notion web

* Cosmetic changes in search results

Download the workflow here if interested: https://github.com/johnathanz/notion-search-alfred-workflow

Edited May 7, 2020 by johnathanz

[leo]

On 5/6/2020 at 7:17 AM, possertive said:

I'm not getting any results. Is this still working?

Same here!

1. I show up alfred
2. type "ns term"
3. answer always "no results - go to notion homepage" 

What is wrong? 

[haakonstorm]

2 hours ago, leo said:

3. answer always "no results - go to notion homepage" 
What is wrong? 

 

Probably your Notion.so authentication token has expired.

Create a new token according to documentation and try again. 

Try turning on debugging in the Alfred workflow and see what that outputs.

 

[haakonstorm]

On 5/7/2020 at 4:17 AM, johnathanz said:

I made some changes to @wrjlewis Workflow:

(snip)
Download the workflow here if interested: https://github.com/johnathanz/notion-search-alfred-workflow

 

Please submit a PR to the original devs repo.

 

 

[wrjlewis]

Really glad people are using this and finding it a good addition to their productivity workflows!

 

If you have any PRs or issues to add to the repo, I'll gladly review.

 

Thanks

[Yourname]

Just an FYI to others, this seems to work on Alfred v4+

[Yourname]

Updated, did everything but there's no search happening @wrjlewis

 

[wrjlewis]

21 hours ago, Yourname said:

Updated, did everything but there's no search happening @wrjlewis

 

 

Have you copied the cookie and spaceid over to the env variables of the workflow?

Can you show me the output of the debug window when you try and search with the debugging view on? https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/advanced/debugger/

[Moore]

Great workflow!

 

Edited May 14, 2020 by Moore

[wrjlewis]

Version 0.2 now out. 

 

Probably the most useful part is that you can toggle use of the desktop client or the web app.

 

+ returns 9 search items from notion to match the number that can be displayed at once in Alfred

+ refactored into a separate python script to allow for easier diffs and version control. Now using the releases feature in GitHub.

+ Option to change the 'isNavigableOnly' search filter via the 'isNavigableOnly' env variable. I personally prefer only to search notion objects that can be navigated to, as I have a large workspace which would clutter the results, but the default search in notion has this option as false, so including this as an env variable.

+ Option to switch support to the notion web app or the notion desktop app using the useDesktopClient env variable.

 

https://github.com/wrjlewis/notion-search-alfred-workflow/releases/latest/download/Notion.Search.alfredworkflow

[Yourname]

On 5/12/2020 at 12:18 PM, wrjlewis said:

 

Have you copied the cookie and spaceid over to the env variables of the workflow?

Can you show me the output of the debug window when you try and search with the debugging view on? https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/advanced/debugger/

 

Yes I did @wrjlewis My cookie starts with __cfduid= but your readme says the cookie starts with notion_browser_id. I tried both ways, also by deleting the __cfduid part so it starts with notion_browser_id and it didn't work.

 

Here's the debug:

[07:50:54.665] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'evernote'
[07:50:54.886] Notion Search[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished
[07:50:54.897] ERROR: Notion Search[Script Filter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "notion.py", line 114, in <module>
    buildNotionSearchQueryData(alfredQuery), headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1053, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1093, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1049, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 893, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 855, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1274, in connect
    server_hostname=server_hostname)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 352, in wrap_socket
    _context=self)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 579, in __init__
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 808, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)

 

[wrjlewis]

35 minutes ago, Yourname said:

 

Yes I did @wrjlewis My cookie starts with __cfduid= but your readme says the cookie starts with notion_browser_id. I tried both ways, also by deleting the __cfduid part so it starts with notion_browser_id and it didn't work.

 

Here's the debug:

[07:50:54.665] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'evernote'
[07:50:54.886] Notion Search[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished
[07:50:54.897] ERROR: Notion Search[Script Filter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "notion.py", line 114, in <module>
    buildNotionSearchQueryData(alfredQuery), headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1053, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1093, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1049, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 893, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 855, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1274, in connect
    server_hostname=server_hostname)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 352, in wrap_socket
    _context=self)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 579, in __init__
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 808, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)

 

Looks like an issue with your SSL version. 
Whats the output of this in your terminal? 
python -c "import ssl; print(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION)"

[Yourname]

1 hour ago, wrjlewis said:

python -c "import ssl; print(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION)"

 

OpenSSL 0.9.8zh 14 Jan 2016

 

Thanks @wrjlewis that seems super old lol, so running a brew update. 

Update: brew didn't seem to update it. So I'll wait for your response.

Edited May 15, 2020 by Yourname

[wrjlewis]

It could be a couple of things - but I would suggest trying to update your SSL version first, as you've got a fairly old version.

 

Can you follow the steps in the top answer below?

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126830/how-to-upgrade-openssl-in-os-x

 

If you haven't got 'brew' installed, which can be used to upgrade ssl (and loads of other packages),  it can be done with 

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

 

[fxf]

Hi,

 

What a wonderful workflow!

 

I followed step by step your guide. However, it's not working on my side : no results are displayed :(

 

The debugger shows this : 

 

[11:26:15.798] Logging Stopped.

[11:26:16.595] Logging Started...

[11:26:23.441] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'l'

[11:26:23.488] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'le'

[11:26:23.550] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'lea'

[11:26:23.641] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'lean'

[11:26:25.844] Notion Search[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished

[11:26:25.847] Notion Search[Script Filter] {"items": [{"arg": "https://www.notion.so/", "type": "default", "uid": 1, "title": "No results - go to Notion homepage"}]}

[11:26:26.620] Notion Search[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished

[11:26:26.623] Notion Search[Script Filter] {"items": [{"arg": "https://www.notion.so/", "type": "default", "uid": 1, "title": "No results - go to Notion homepage"}]}

 

I use Alfred 4.0.9.

 

Any idea where the problem comes from ? 

[Yourname]

On 5/15/2020 at 10:08 AM, wrjlewis said:

It could be a couple of things - but I would suggest trying to update your SSL version first, as you've got a fairly old version.

 

Can you follow the steps in the top answer below?

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/126830/how-to-upgrade-openssl-in-os-x

 

If you haven't got 'brew' installed, which can be used to upgrade ssl (and loads of other packages),  it can be done with 

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

 

 

Thanks @wrjlewis!

I upgraded and now it's openssl 1.1.1g 21 apr 2020

 

And here's the new log of errors;

 

[18:30:47.655] Notion Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'task'
[18:30:47.867] Notion Search[Script Filter] Script with argv '(null)' finished
[18:30:47.872] ERROR: Notion Search[Script Filter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "notion.py", line 114, in <module>
    buildNotionSearchQueryData(alfredQuery), headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1053, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1093, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1049, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 893, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 855, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1274, in connect
    server_hostname=server_hostname)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 352, in wrap_socket
    _context=self)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 579, in __init__
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 808, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)

 

[Yourname]

Here are the newly updated versions:

 

MacBook-Pro-5:~ xyz$ openssl version -a
OpenSSL 1.1.1g  21 Apr 2020
built on: Tue May 19 22:37:37 2020 UTC
platform: darwin64-x86_64-cc
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(16x,int) des(int) idea(int) blowfish(ptr) 
compiler: clang -fPIC -arch x86_64 -O3 -Wall -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DOPENSSL_CPUID_OBJ -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DKECCAK1600_ASM -DRC4_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAESNI_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM -DX25519_ASM -DPOLY1305_ASM -D_REENTRANT -DNDEBUG
OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/local/etc/openssl@1.1"
ENGINESDIR: "/usr/local/Cellar/openssl@1.1/1.1.1g/lib/engines-1.1"
Seeding source: os-specific
MacBook-Pro-5:~ xyz$ python -c "import ssl; print(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION)"
OpenSSL 1.1.1g  21 Apr 2020
MacBook-Pro-5:~ xyz$ python --version
Python 3.7.7