JSON file icon issue

[pixelgeek]

Hi all

 

I have a few Workflows that use a Script Filter. I have the icon showing for the results but I am still a touch confused about how the `type` options work.

 

The documentation says:

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Use type to alter the behaviour of path. With "type": "fileicon", Alfred will get the file icon for the specified path. With "type": "filetype", you can get the icon of a specific file, for example "path": "public.png".

 

So in this instance I am unsure what "file icon for the specified path" means. The filetype code sample just points to `~/Desktop` as an example without an explanation. 

 

So how exactly does filetype work?

 

[zeitlings]

The filetype refers to the Uniform Type Identifier of a given file. "Desktop", for example, has the UTType public.folder. Some file main.swift has the UTType public.swift-source, etc. MacOS will bring up a generic icon associated with that "filetype", which should be fast.

 

You can look up UTTypes in the Terminal if you'd like:

mdls -name kMDItemContentType -raw ~/Desktop