Workflows > Inputs > Script Filter > JSON Format -- icon -- "type": "filetype" not working

[Pa7trickStar]

Alfred 5.1 [2134]

macOS 13.3.1 (a) (22E772610a)

 

 

I created a workflow with a ScriptFilter as input. The script in said ScriptFilter outputs a json like this:

{
    "items": [
        {
            "arg": "redacted",
            "autocomplete": "redacted",
            "icon": {
                "path": "./media/vpn-connected.png",
                "type": "filetype"
            },
            "subtitle": "VPN:com.tunnelblick.macos (Connected)",
            "title": "redacted"
        }
      ]
}

This output is formatted according to this article: alfredapp.com/help. All items are listed correctly but the icons don't show up.

 

Solution: Despite the documentation it will work fine when "filetype" in

"type": "filetype"

is replaced by anything. For example "png", "" or "file" will work.

 

In contrast

"type": "fileicon"

works exactly as advertised in the documentation.

 

I guess this is not really a bug in Alfred 5 but a wrong/ unclear help-article.

[vitor]

The documentation is correct, but I’ll have a thought about how to make it clearer. If you use "type": "filetype", then path must list a file type; a UTI like public.png. If you want the image itself to be displayed, omit type entirely (as per the top example in that section). Your alternatives worked because Alfred ignored the unexpected type.

 

Edited May 4, 2023 by vitor

[vitor]

Page has been tweaked to better explain the differences, and now has clearer examples for both cases.