URL with ampersand (&) in XML arg for quick look

[Acidham]

I am trying to implement script filter with a quick look in XML arg but I always receive a parse error which is caused by ampersand sign. 

 

In the forum there is a pointer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1328538/how-do-i-escape-ampersands-in-xml-so-they-are-rendered-as-entities-in-html and I already tried to use & and & and the parsing is possible but quicklook cannot open the URL. 

 

The URL that needs to get added to XML arg for Quicklook: https://maps.google.de/maps?q=35.6813023,139.7640529&output=embed

 

 

 I am using applescript and use bash with do shell script. 

 

Does anyone else had the same problem and know how to work around?

[vitor]

Mind sharing your workflow? Because & works fine for me:

<quicklookurl>https://maps.google.de/maps?q=35.6813023,139.7640529&amp;output=embed</quicklookurl>

 

Well, almost fine (but that’s not Alfred’s fault):

[Acidham]

Sry wrong URL and you are right its not the fault of Alfred. You can use any other URL because the one that I am using is an Google API call to Maps with API Key. 

 

I tried with <quicklookurl> and &amp; but it works only for the first quicklook call but any other will fail with error Parameter is missing. I need to restart Alfred and then it works again for the first time. any idea?

Edited January 25, 2017 by Acidham

[vitor]

7 hours ago, Acidham said:

any idea?

 

Not without having access to your workflow. Otherwise I’m just shooting in the dark. I can’t diagnose the problem further without using the the workflow.

[Acidham]

resolved: It seems it is caused due to the response delivered from Google Map API is an image which leads to some strange behaviours. I implemented it now in a way were I save the image first and then use it in quicklook. With this workaround the image will be displayed quite fast.