Open url with multiple queries

[wpanther93]

Hey guys,

 

Is there a way I can use alfred to open URLs with multiple queries? I want to do something like

 

website.com/{query1}/someOtherText/{query2}

 

I use a lot of sites that vary a single line in the url, and I don't want to make a new search for each one.

 

Thanks!

[Andrew]

Hey guys,

 

Is there a way I can use alfred to open URLs with multiple queries? I want to do something like

 

website.com/{query1}/someOtherText/{query2}

 

I use a lot of sites that vary a single line in the url, and I don't want to make a new search for each one.

 

Thanks!

 

You can achieve this with a workflow. Here is a simple example for you:

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6749767/Alfred/Workflows/Kitten%20Image.alfredworkflow

 

It takes a comma separated argument with keyword kitten to launch a URL with two arguments

[wpanther93]

You can achieve this with a workflow. Here is a simple example for you:

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6749767/Alfred/Workflows/Kitten%20Image.alfredworkflow

 

It takes a comma separated argument with keyword kitten to launch a URL with two arguments

 

Very clever. Thanks for your help!

[heyJoeCampbell]

Hi @Andrew the workflow is no linger available on Dropbox.

 

Please repost

[heyJoeCampbell]

Hi @wpanther93 do you still have the workflow provided by @Andrew?

 

If so, please share it ?

[heyJoeCampbell]

Thanks @CJK but what I am looking for is a way to add multiple variables into one URL

 

website.com/{query1}/blah/{query2}

 

I do not code - I need a plug & play workflow that I can mod ?

 

This thread from 2014 looks promising:

 

[heyJoeCampbell]

Here's the sample workflow @CJK — thanks to @Vero

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dbo30mhhk2cfsg/Kitten Image.alfredworkflow?dl=0

[deanishe]

16 hours ago, heyJoeCampbell said:

but what I am looking for is a way to add multiple variables into one URL

 

website.com/{query1}/blah/{query2}

 

I do not code - I need a plug & play workflow that I can mod

 

Which is exactly what the Kitten Image workflow appears to be. You literally just need to change the URL.

 

In what way is that workflow unsuited to your purpose?

[CJK]

4 hours ago, deanishe said:

 

Which is exactly what the Kitten Image workflow appears to be. You literally just need to change the URL.

 

In what way is that workflow unsuited to your purpose?

 

@deanishe, @heyJoeCampbell was responding to the workflow that I posted given that the original was not available at the link at the time.  However, I misinterpreted the objective of the OP, so my workflow does something entirely different than what was needed, whereas the Kitten Image workflow actually solves the problem and has now been reposted.

 

I've now deleted my workflow as it's not relevant this post.

Edited June 15, 2018 by CJK
Added note regarding deletion of previous post

[heyJoeCampbell]

I am modifying the sample kitten code to create my VERY FIRST Alfred Workflow that for adding an event to Google Calendar.

 

This is what it looks like so far:

 

 

[deanishe]

How are you getting on with the Kitten Image workflow? That one's only written for two variables. Have you fixed it to accept four?

[Princess]

Question......   I am doing something similar using the dropbox file from above but am not getting the results I desire..... Yes, I'm sure I'm doing it incorrectly.  All I changed was the url.... yes xxxx isn't he correct website, but the rest of it is.

 

and I get the results 

 

This gives me the correct results when I do it with with web search for one item use 

 

and get the correct result of 

 

 

If somebody can help me make this work, the second part to my questions would be to know if it's possible to press apple space, enter the keyword and paste multiple  order numbers that are currently vertical in an excel spreadsheet? I'm guessing the comma would have to be taken out and replaced with something else.... but I'm not sure what. 

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

 

 

[deanishe]

You can’t mix {query} and argv. It’s one or the other.

 

Please upload your workflow somewhere and post a link. We can’t really fix a workflow based on pictures of it. 

[Princess]

Um, maybe I'm in over my head because I honestly don't understand much of this, sorry.  I was hoping to use the one that was posted in the dropbox link so I don't have anything I'm building off of and was hoping somebody could possibly help me.  I love the way I've been doing it for years with only one word/number in the query I've been using. 

 

My new goal is to press apple spacebar,  enter my key word of x and then cut an paste order numbers from Excel that are arranged vertically and have them open up in a website in multiple tabs. I can't enter the entire url since it's for work.

 

Is this possible?

[deanishe]

1 minute ago, Princess said:

I can't enter the entire url since it's for work.

 

Then use a fake URL. It doesn't matter if I get a bunch of 404s in my browser: I can still see whether the URL is what I expected or not.

 

What you want to do sounds quite straightforward. But that's only if I've understood you correctly. I'd rather not rewrite the workflow a bunch of times because we weren't on the same wavelength.

 

If you have no idea about writing workflows, then in addition to your above description, please provide some sample input and describe the expected results.

 

[Princess]

Fair enough.... thanks, I appreciate it!

 

Currently I type c 62111 and get the results   www.blahblahblah.com/house/{query}/fun    I'm hoping to replace the 62111 with multiple entries such as...

 

63222

62312

62311

 

which I've pasted from a column in Excel (different cells), and have it open up in three different tabs in the same window in Chrome.

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2018 by Princess

[deanishe]

Try this: Excel to URLs.

 

Change the URL in the workflow settings sheet (which looks like this [?])

[deanishe]

Yeah, that's your old, broken workflow. Make sure you're running the right one.

[Princess]

Oh my goodness you're brilliant!!!!  Thank you!!!

 

Yes, you're correct,  I didn't turn off the first broken one I was using.  

 

Thank you!

[deanishe]

5 minutes ago, Princess said:

Oh my goodness you're brilliant!

 

I am the Alfred Whisperer.

 

Does it work with your real URLs?

[Princess]

Yes, it works perfectly!  Go buy yourself a pint of Vitus! ... seriously!

 

Thanks!

[deanishe]

Never seen Vitus, but my next Erdinger is on you. Thanks very much!

[Princess]

Is there a way to build on top of what you build last time?  Can there be two queries.  In the example the below, 62311 would be the query that you wrote last time where I can dump a bunch of numbers in from Excel.... and 333 would be a new query?  Is this possible?

 

I'm hoping I can just enter 

Keyword 333, 62311

Keyword (3 digit number), (all the numbers I'm pasting from Excel)

 

 



Your last workflow is working magically!

Edited December 18, 2018 by Princess
add info

[Princess]

I was able to get the kitten workflow to open a site with two queries... but I couldn't figure out how to adjust the one the "Alfred whisperer" @deanishe

created.  I'm still hoping that one can be adjusted so I can dump a bunch of numbers from Excel into it.  Thoughts?

 

 

 

Is there a way to build on top of what you build last time?  Can there be two queries.  In the example the below, 62311 would be the query that you wrote last time where I can dump a bunch of numbers in from Excel.... and 333 would be a new query?  Is this possible?

 

I'm hoping I can just enter 

Keyword 333, 62311

Keyword (3 digit number), (all the numbers I'm pasting from Excel)

 

www.blahblahblah.net/xxxx/{query}/info

 

Edited December 18, 2018 by Princess

[deanishe]

I don't exactly follow you.

 

You want to type 333, then paste a column of numbers from Excel into Alfred, and have the workflow open a URL for every number from Excel but with 333 added to each one?