Using Copy or Move Last Download to Here Workflow

[Shahrukh]

Need help with a workflow

http://www.packal.org/workflow/copy-or-move-last-download-here

Hello everyone 
I am using this workflow for quite sometime now. I just want help of the community to adjust this a bit. Right now this workflow copy/moves either the last downloaded file or every file in the download folder. I need this workflow to ask me every time as to how many files i need to copy/move. Is this possible?

[Shahrukh]

@vitor and here too

[vitor]

Seems like everything there can be remade with Automation Tasks.

Specifically:

• Files and Folders → List Folder Contents
• Files and Folders → Get Path to Frontmost Finder Window
• Files and Folders → Move Path With the Finder (or Copy Path With the Finder)
• Arguments Processing → Get Leading Arguments
  

You can use the Keyword Input to ask for more information (like the number of paths to move/copy) and Arg and Vars Utility to save information (Using Variables in Workflows).

[Shahrukh]

On 9/4/2022 at 7:13 PM, vitor said:

Seems like everything there can be remade with Automation Tasks.

Specifically:

• Files and Folders → List Folder Contents
• Files and Folders → Get Path to Frontmost Finder Window
• Files and Folders → Move Path With the Finder (or Copy Path With the Finder)
• Arguments Processing → Get Leading Arguments

You can use the Keyword Input to ask for more information (like the number of paths to move/copy) and Arg and Vars Utility to save information (Using Variables in Workflows).

This seems like a solution. But I am a total non-technical person here. Can you guide me more precisely so that I can build this for myself 

 

[vitor]

4 hours ago, Shahrukh said:

Can you guide me more precisely so that I can build this for myself

 

I have linked to the documentation of the exact objects. You can also check the guides and tutorials for creating Workflows and/or check the Getting Started section of the palette (on the right in the Workflow editor) which will guide you through the basics.

 

It’s difficult to be more precise without building it myself, and you mentioned you want to do it. The above are all the resources you need (with some redundancy). We can further help with specific questions you have throughout the process.

[Shahrukh]

22 hours ago, vitor said:

 

I have linked to the documentation of the exact objects. You can also check the guides and tutorials for creating Workflows and/or check the Getting Started section of the palette (on the right in the Workflow editor) which will guide you through the basics.

 

It’s difficult to be more precise without building it myself, and you mentioned you want to do it. The above are all the resources you need (with some redundancy). We can further help with specific questions you have throughout the process.

I tried what you advised. I am hell lot of away from achieving the desired results. Haha. I am attaching my workflow that I tried building. Help is possible . thanks

[Shahrukh]

8 minutes ago, Shahrukh said:

I tried what you advised. I am hell lot of away from achieving the desired results. Haha. I am attaching my workflow that I tried building. Help is possible . thanks

@stephancasas may be you can suggest me something here. thanks

 

[Stephen_C]

For a start, you seem to have reversed the Move Path… and Get Path… actions and neither have you configured the Get Path… action. Further, you have not added the Arguments Processing… action referred to in Vitor’s post.

I know it’s not always easy when you’re trying to understand how to get a workflow working but there really is no better way of learning to make use of Alfred than to keep at it, to read the help pages very carefully and just to keep experimenting. If you run the debugger you will learn a lot about what is working and what is not working.

To be honest, you’ll learn a lot less by coming back here when you have imperfectly followed instructions and not done some in depth research on the help pages. Of course, people will still help you here—but in the longer term you’ll benefit so much more by bashing away at the thing yourself until it finally submits to you and just works….which, incidentally, is very rewarding.

Sorry if this sounds critical: it’s not intended that way. But don’t always rely on others to spoon feed you because you’ll get so much more from solving these problems yourself. I do know…it’s how I started!

Sorry—lecture over! 😀

Stephen

[Shahrukh]

Hi

I have tried building this again after help from Vitor on another workflow. I think I am on the final stages. having issues in moving files now. 

 

Any suggestions please.

Thanks!!

 

And also I don't know how to add a workflow file here that's why I am attaching a screenshot .

[vitor]

1 hour ago, Shahrukh said:

I don't know how to add a workflow file here

 

First upload to transfer.sh then post the link here.

[Shahrukh]

42 minutes ago, vitor said:

 

First upload to transfer.sh then post the link here.

Here it is 

https://forumfiles.com/N203c371yd/Move_downloads_to_the_current_folder_alfredworkflow

 

transfer.sh was not working for me for some reason

[vitor]

This one required an extra step to override the variable for the destination. I’ll look into making that simpler and more complete later on, but for now this should do what you want and be clear on how to extend for the copy functionality.

[Shahrukh]

2 hours ago, vitor said:

This one required an extra step to override the variable for the destination. I’ll look into making that simpler and more complete later on, but for now this should do what you want and be clear on how to extend for the copy functionality.

can't download. Having "Can't parse response" error

[Stephen_C]

57 minutes ago, Shahrukh said:

can't download. Having "Can't parse response" error

Are you able to try with a different browser? It downloaded for me using Firefox without any problem, for example.

 

Stephen

[Shahrukh]

11 minutes ago, Stephen_C said:

Are you able to try with a different browser? It downloaded for me using Firefox without any problem, for example.

 

Stephen

Tried with firefox too. Same error. Transfer.sh was not working earlier for me too when i was trying to upload the workflow 

[Stephen_C]

3 minutes ago, Shahrukh said:

Transfer.sh was not working earlier for me too when i was trying to upload the workflow 

I've put the workflow temporarily on my Dropbox account. Please let me know if you can download it from there. If so I'll delete it on my account.

 

Stephen

[Shahrukh]

4 minutes ago, Stephen_C said:

I've put the workflow temporarily on my Dropbox account. Please let me know if you can download it from there. If so I'll delete it on my account.

 

Stephen

Downloaded. Thanks!!

[Shahrukh]

4 hours ago, vitor said:

This one required an extra step to override the variable for the destination. I’ll look into making that simpler and more complete later on, but for now this should do what you want and be clear on how to extend for the copy functionality.

Thanks Vitor. Worked for me. I think there was a slight oversight in "and save it for later" variable function. You mentioned "number_of_files" and I changed it to "destination" and now it works like a charm. Thanks again!!!