Can't get query in osascripts

[jfcg]

Hello!

 

I'm working with my first workflow. At the end of it (in Output), I need to launch an Applescript with some input. The only option I have found to do it is by Run Script with /usr/bin/osascript as interpreter. I know NSAppleScript Action, and there you can get inputs with the variable 'q', but how can I do it with osascript interpreter? NSAppleScript is only an Action and it isn't available as an Output. I've already tried using 'on run argv' with no luck. Input is always empty.

 

Could anyone help me?

 

Thanks in advance!

[jdfwarrior]

Hello!

 

I'm working with my first workflow. At the end of it (in Output), I need to launch an Applescript with some input. The only option I have found to do it is by Run Script with /usr/bin/osascript as interpreter. I know NSAppleScript Action, and there you can get inputs with the variable 'q', but how can I do it with osascript interpreter? NSAppleScript is only an Action and it isn't available as an Output. I've already tried using 'on run argv' with no luck. Input is always empty.

 

Could anyone help me?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

They are both ways of running AppleScripts with Alfred. The difference is, NSAppleScript would block Alfred from doing anything else if it was a long running script.

 

For NSAppleScript, you would wrap your script in on alfred_script() like..

on alfred_script(q)
  // your code here. input available through variable q
end alfred_script

 

Using Run Script and setting the language to osascript runs the script in the background and won't block Alfred from performing anything else. Input to a Run Script is available through {query} the same as other scripts. Example.

set temp to "{query}"
return temp

[jfcg]

Hello David!

 

Thank you so much! It worked great. Sorry for the newbie question.

 

Cheers!

[jdfwarrior]

Hello David!

 

Thank you so much! It worked great. Sorry for the newbie question.

 

Cheers!

 

No worries Glad I could help.