"popping" out a coupon from a list

[Sicorace]

Good morning! 

I have a list of coupon codes.

I'd like a workflow that pops the first one and outputs it (of course deleting it from the list)

 

something like: I'm writing an email and I type ".coupon" and I have in my email the actual coupon pasted, and that one is no longer in my list of available coupon

 

which is the shortest way to accomplish this?

 

thanks!

[giovanni]

how is your list stored? a text file with one coupon code per line? 

[Sicorace]

yes, exactly! in a file stored on a dropbox folder

 

[giovanni]

here you go @Sicorace

put the complete path to your coupon file in the myCouponFile Environment Variable, then use either by entering the .coupon keyword in Alfred, or automatically by typing .coupon in your document. I hope this helps!

[Sicorace]

OMG! this is incredible! thanks a million!

[vitor]

On 7/20/2022 at 11:25 AM, giovanni said:

put the complete path to your coupon file in the myCouponFile Environment Variable

 

That’s the perfect use case for a File Picker User Configuration. Without changing anything in the Workflow itself, you can delete the Workflow Environment Variable and make this config:

 

 

Which yields:

 

Allowing to pick the coupon file though a macOS file dialog.

[Sicorace]

super cool!

 

thanks again a million