Create Workflow to browse through Safari Bookmarks and Folders

[nikivi]

I have quite a few bookmarks :

 

 

There is one workflow I use shared by Andrew that I use to go quickly to go to any bookmarked site I want and it is amazing.

 

One thing that I really wish I could make and it would be absolutely amazing to have is to be able to scroll through and see contents of each of the folders in the Alfred prompt, sort of like file navigation. I open the prompt, see all the folders I have, press enter on one of the folders, contents of the folders open and I can repeat the procedure until the website I want is found.

 

Can such a thing be done?

 

Thank you for any help.

 

[deanishe]

This workflow is still in development, but it can browse Safari bookmarks just fine.
 
Keyword to search bookmarks is bm
 
Keyword to search/browse bookmark folders (what you want) is bmf

Use CMD+ENTER to open a whole folder of bookmarks in your browser.

[nikivi]

Holy wow, you are a god 

 

This is so well done. Thank you so much. 

 

Your workflows literally make my life better. I can't imagine not using Searchio to make all my queries.

Edited August 17, 2016 by nikivi

[nikivi]

What is even more amazing is that I have used some of the actions before from other workflows but yours is so much faster. It's crazy.

[nikivi]

I just have one feature request. You can press modifier key on a safari tab to open 'other actions'. I want one modifier separate to close the tab. I used that action very often in my previous workflow and I don't want to press twice to close the tab. If you can add that, it would be really great. Thank you.

 

p.s. the only thing not faster in this workflow is searching through safari bookmarks, Andrew's file filter approach : https://infinit.io/_/yGhATALis amazing in that it is instant.

Edited August 17, 2016 by nikivi

[deanishe]

I just have one feature request. You can press modifier key on a safari tab to open 'other actions'. I want one modifier separate to close the tab. I used that action very often in my previous workflow and I don't want to press twice to close the tab. If you can add that, it would be really great. Thank you.

Line 425 in alsf.go.

 

p.s. the only thing not faster in this workflow is searching through safari bookmarks, Andrew's file filter approach : https://infinit.io/_/yGhATALis amazing in that it is instant.

Doesn't filter out invalid bookmarks like bookmarklets, though, does it?

[nikivi]

So I just do something like that : 

 

 

And then go build alsf.go and then replace the binary alsf in the workflow?

[deanishe]

What do you think?

[nikivi]

It is just that there is actions.go file there and I don't know if you have to build it too. 

[nikivi]

I tried to go get all the needed imports however the last one doesn't work for me : 

 

[deanishe]

My bad. That repo wasn't public. Try again.

[nikivi]

This is the error I get, I have only uncommented the lines you have showed : ('oo' is alias for 'go build')

 

 

I am not really sure what should I change, this is what is on line 177 : http://hastebin.com/zihavimovo

Edited August 17, 2016 by nikivi

[deanishe]

Did you seriously upload code I just gave you to a pastebin for me to look at?
 
The error on line 177 is because you're not using the right build command. I have no idea what you're doing.
 
There's a script right there called build-workflow.sh for goodness' sake.

As for the other error, Google it.

In all honesty, I'm getting pretty tired of answering questions that should be obvious with a bit of thought or a few seconds on Google.

Edited August 17, 2016 by deanishe

[nikivi]

All right, sorry. The build-workflow script did not work either. I'll try figure out what is the problem. 

[deanishe]

If the build script doesn't work, that's a bug and you should tell me.

[nikivi]

I don't think there is anything wrong with the bash script rather something broke when uncommented the code. Here is what I get when I run the script : http://hastebin.com/odarojewec

[deanishe]

Well, you still didn't fix the error (change := to =), but it won't work anyway.

It looks like I haven't uploaded the latest version of the library you need. I'll upload that in 5 hours when I get back from work.

I'll let you know when it's up.

[deanishe]

I've pushed the latest version of awgo. Run go get -u gogs.deanishe.net/deanishe/awgo/... and try building the workflow again.

[nikivi]

I've pushed the latest version of awgo. Run go get -u gogs.deanishe.net/deanishe/awgo/... and try building the workflow again.

 

Hey Dean,

 

I didn't want to bother you again but I really wish I could make this work as it would be really great.

 

I am not really sure what you mean by the fact that I use the wrong 'go build' command. What other command could I use? I just did 'go build aslf.go' and I still get the error of : 

 

'./alsf.go:177: undefined: Actionable' 

 

Thank you for any help.

[deanishe]

I didn't realise you'd aliased the command.

The build command is correct.

Update the awgo library, like I said above. Then it should build.

[deanishe]

Also, thanks for the beer money!

[nikivi]

I run the script and got the binary in the builds. I then replaced the binary I had in my actual workflow directory. This didn't seem to work. On pressing cmd + return, it does nothing.

 

 

This is what I changed in the file : 

 

 

Maybe I need to add something else or I have done something wrong?

 

This build script is really handy though. Thank you. 

Edited August 31, 2016 by nikivi

[deanishe]

Yes, you need something else.

Have you actually looked in the workflow where the other actions are? You can see how the activate action is wired up and how it works.

[nikivi]

Just one feature request. Could you add a way to look through currently active iPhone / iPad iCloud tabs? Essentially look through these in Alfred : 

 

 

Thank you. 

Edited September 2, 2016 by nikivi

[deanishe]

You got it working then?

 

It's very unlikely I'll add iCloud tab support (or any other features) any time soon. I still haven't decided exactly how the workflow will work.