List, filter and activate network locations from within Alfred

[deanishe]

View and change your network location from Alfred.
 


Installation

Download the workflow from Packal or GitHub.

Usage

• netloc [<query>] — Show list of network locations filtered by <query> if one is specified
• ↩ — Activate selected network location
• ⌘+↩ — Open Network Preferences

​Note: You will probably be asked to enter your password to change the network location.
Licence

This workflow is released under the MIT Licence.

Edited June 18, 2014 by deanishe

[mase]

@deanishe Wonderful workflow. Exactly what I was needing.

 

Thank you!!

[bentana]

@deanishe This is very useful as I'm always changing between network locations.  I noticed that you're using the networksetup command to change locations.  I've found that if you use the "scselect <location name>" command instead of "networksetup -switchtolocation <location name>" to change locations, it doesn't throw up that annoying password prompt.  Perhaps consider modifying your python script to use the "scselect" command to change locations.

 

Thanks!

[deanishe]

13 hours ago, bentana said:

it doesn't throw up that annoying password prompt

 

Superb! Thanks very much for the tip. Check out version 2.0.

 

BTW, have you tried ControlPlane? It can automatically switch network locations (and lots of other stuff) based on which WiFi is nearby. Very handy if you switch networks a lot.

[bob113]

@deanishe looks like macos 12.3 has killed your very useful workflow. I run it now in debug and get:

 

[13:58:07.700] Logging Started...
[13:58:43.347] Network Location[[Script Filter](alfredpreferences:workflows%3Eworkflow%3Euser.workflow.9298)] Queuing argument ''
[13:58:43.361] Network Location[[Script Filter](alfredpreferences:workflows%3Eworkflow%3Euser.workflow.9298....)] Script with argv '' finished
[13:58:43.364] ERROR: Network Location[[Script Filter](alfredpreferences:workflows%3Eworkflow%3Euser.workflow.929...)] Code 127: /Users/xxxxxx/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/F98...:1: command not found: python

I have python 3 (via Anaconda) on my machine, and the command "python" is defined. Maybe a python 2 versus 3 issue? Do you have time to fix it?