How to create simple Script Filter Python workflow

[a.lumley]

Good morning,

 

I'm currently trying to create a simple Script Filter Alfred 3 Workflow using Python. I found an earlier example which demonstrated how to pass XML results to a Python workflow:

xmloutput = """
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<items>
  <item arg="testitem">
    <title>FooBar</title>
    <subtitle>foo bar is a test item</subtitle>
    <icon>icon.png</icon>
  </item>
</items>
"""

print(xmloutput)

My question is, what is the syntax for doing the same with the new JSON data structure?

 

regards,

 

Andrew

[vitor]

See the documentation for Script Filter JSON Format.

[a.lumley]

I started my research on that post but I was struggling with the implementation. For XML, it seems as though you just Print() the XML object and Alfred parses it but I can't get the same to work with JSON. Is it the same approach?

[deanishe]

Yes. Just print the XML/JSON string to STDOUT.

 

It's important that you print nothing else to STDOUT, or it will make your XML/JSON invalid.