Alfred on Guillaume Barrette

Appearance

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Here is my Alfred Appearance Theme:

It is a modified version based on the Elegant Dark v5 theme by @jovotrox

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Command Line Interface (CLI)

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Alfred Command Line Interface (CLI)

Search

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Guillaume Barrette
# 2019-06-25

# Alfred Search Function
alfs() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then   # If nothing is put as arguments open Alfred at the working directory so it list the content
        osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to browse \"$(pwd)\""
    elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then # If only one argument is set
        if [[ -d $1 ]]; then   # if it looks like a path or file, then make sure we send a full path to Alfred
            osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to browse \"$(realpath -s "$1")/\""
        elif [[ -f $1 ]]; then
            osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to browse \"$(realpath -s "$1")\""
        else    # Any other words that are not a path would be sent to Alfred as is  (ex: alfs snip  ->  would open Alfred with "snip")
            osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to search \"$*\""
        fi
    else   # If multiple arguments are set, then they are sent to Alfred as is. (ex: alfs define allo  ->  would pop Alfred with "define allo")
        osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to search \"$*\""
    fi
}

File Action

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Guillaume Barrette
# 2019-06-25

# Alfred Action Function (pop the Alfred Action Window)
alfa() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then    # If no arguments, pop Alfred Action Window in the working directory
        osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to action \"$(pwd)\""
    else
        args=""
        argsAreAllPaths=true
        for arg in "$@" ; do
            filePath=$(realpath -s "$arg")
            if [[ -d $filePath ]] || [[ -f $filePath ]]; then    # if the arg is a file of folder, append the path to the args string to build a list for the osascript command
                args+="\"$filePath\","
            else
                argsAreAllPaths=false   # if one argument is not a folder or file path, then pop Alfred with the standard search and try to access Alfred Action Window. This also makes it clear there's a problem with one of the passed paths
                break
            fi
        done
        if [ "$argsAreAllPaths" = true ] ; then    # If all arguments are files or directories, open Alfred Action Window with the list
            args=${args%?} # remove the trailing comma
            osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to action { $args }"
        else  # If not all arguments are files or directories, search as is and try to access the Alfred Action Window. The Action Window should pop if it's possible, or the standard Alfred Search would be shown (ex: alfa activity monitor  ->  Would open the file action window of the Activity Monitor)
            actionKey="keystroke (ASCII character 29)"  # (meaning: right arrow) Put your prefered action key (Alfred -> File Search -> Actions -> Show Actions) as applescript command for keystroke or key code (ex: "key code 98")
            delayBetweenEvents=0.1    # Play with the number if the action doesn't work correctly
            osascript -e "tell application id \"com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred\" to search \"$*\"" -e "delay $delayBetweenEvents" -e "tell application \"System Events\" to $actionKey"
        fi
    fi
}

Email

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Spark

Discussion Download

Here is a little plugin to use Spark from Alfred.

Download the file/plugin and put it into the folder at ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Plugins/Email/

-- Use Spark as default email application with Alfred
-- Based on MailMate plugin script: https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2354-add-support-for-mailmate-email-client/

-- Send an email with an attachment
on url_encode(theText)
  return do shell script "printf " & quoted form of theText & " | xxd -u -plain | sed 's/\\(..\\)/%\\1/g' | tr -d '\\n'"
end url_encode

on create_mailto(_subject, _body, _email, _name)
  set _to to _email
  if (_name is not "") then
    set _to to _name & " <" & _email & ">"
  end if
  return "mailto:?to=" & url_encode(_to) & "&subject=" & url_encode(_subject) & "&body=" & url_encode(_body)
end create_mailto

on send_email_with_attachment(ename, eemail, esubject, ebody, eattachment)
  set _mailto to create_mailto(esubject, ebody, eemail, ename)
  tell application "Spark"
    activate
    open location _mailto with trust
  end tell
  repeat with attachment in eattachment
    do shell script "open -a Spark \"" & attachment & "\""
  end repeat
end send_email_with_attachment

Snippets

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Here are some Alfred’s Snippet Collections that I think could be useful to others.

Terminal

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iTerm

Set as the Custom Terminal

1) Go into Alfred’s preferences at: Features > Terminal

2) Set Application’s drop-down menu to Custom

3) Insert this script into the text input area:

-- Guillaume Barrette
-- 2019-05-04

on alfred_script(q)
    tell application "iTerm"
        activate
        tell current window
            try
                if is hotkey window then reveal hotkey window
                create tab with default profile
            on error
                create window with default profile
            end try
            tell current session to write text q
        end tell
    end tell
end alfred_script

*Note

As reference, I was using this script, before building my own. I found some problems while using it and decided to create my own version that better work with my workflow. However, I thought I would tell it here in case this other script better work for you.

Hyper

Discussion

I’m not using this Terminal application, but I’ve helped some people to make it work for them on the Alfred Forum. I’m leaving this here in case this is useful to someone else.

To use it, just do the same as above with the iTerm terminal, but replace the script with this one:

-- Guillaume Barrette
-- 2017-06-30

 on alfred_script(q)
    if (text 1 thru 2 of q) is equal to "cd" then
        do shell script "open -a Hyper " & text 4 thru -1 of q
    else
        do shell script "open -a Hyper ~"
        set appRead to false
        set nbrOfTry to 0
        delay 0.5
        repeat
            try
                tell application "System Events"
                    set appRead to true
                    if exists (window 1 of process "Hyper") then exit repeat
                end tell
            end try
            set nbrOfTry to nbrOfTry + 1
            if nbrOfTry = 20 then exit repeat
            delay 0.5
        end repeat
        if appRead then tell application "System Events" to keystroke q & return
    end if
end alfred_script

Cardhop

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100

About this workflow

Cardhop is a contact application that live in your menubar and is developped by Flexibits. This workflow add multiple interactions from Alfred.

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Features

Keyword

chc : Search a contact in Alfred and open it in Cardhop
chs or hotkey : Send the query to Cardhop. If the query is empty, it tries to get the selection from the front application and send it to Carhop (In short, you can select the contact information on it’s website or email and call chs from Alfred and the selection should be sent directly to Cardhop). You can use this action to send the selection or pass a string to your Favorites list (alternative to keyword: chf) or to the Cardhop’s Actions (alternative to keyword: cha).
chf : Send a string from your Favorites list directly to Cardhop (could be used as a Snippets/Bookmarks list to rapidly write a query to Cardhop that you know gives you the right information in it without the need to write it all). Write your list in the Workflow Environment Variables Favorites and separated by semicolon (;). Ex: Call mom home;Mail boss work;facetime Complicated Name;website businessName;/MyTag;Direction dentist… A variable {q} could be used to have a placeholder for a string that you want to set just before sending to Cardhop (ex: Email {q} work where {q} could be changed to any name at the time that you invoke the workflow).
cha : Show a list of possible Carhop actions. If arriving to this function using the Send feature (chs), then the selection or query would be appended to the Cardhop action before sending it.

Hotkey

Send the selection to the workflow (alternative to keyword: chs)
Send selection directly to Cardhop. For use if you prefer to send the selection directly to Cardhop with a hotkey instead of a keyword

Fallback Search

Send the query to Cardhop : If you want to write the information directly in Alfred without any keyword before. To make it works, you would need to add the Fallback search into your Alfred Preferences at:

Features/Default Results/Setup fallback results/+/Workflow Trigger/Send to Cardhop

External Trigger

Send a string to Cardhop from an external script. Other external triggers are set in case that you want to pop the Favorites list or Actions list from an external script.
Append/Prepend string : Add a string before or after the main string before sending using a predefined list or any string if the query doesn’t match an item in the list (Could be useful to have a list of predefined group/tags) (See Workflow Environment Variables and Navigation lists below)

Workflow Environment Variables

Favorites [list delimited by ;] : See keyword chf above
AppendToSend [list delimited by ;] : Set a predefined list of string to append using the Append feature (ALT key)
PrependToSend [list delimited by ;] : Set a predefined list of string to prepend using the Prepend feature (CTRL key)

CMD : Go to the Send feature Actions List (chs)
ALT : Activate the selected item and append extra string (using the AppendToSend list)
CTRL : Activate the selected item and prepend extra string (using the PrependToSend list)

Tips

Set Cardhop as default contact application

To use Cardhop as default contact application in Alfred:

Insert x-cardhop://show?id={uid} into Features > Contacts > Advanced > URL Handler instead of addressbook://{uid}

Directly activate an action in Cardhop

Cardhop seems to delay the keyboard inputs until it has done parsing the query. Therefore, to directly activate an action you can rapidly press Enter key a second time when you select an item from your Favorites list in Alfred and it should run the first action that Cardhop returns.

Changelog

2018-02-24 - Update Version 1.2.5

Cardhop Actions list should now be in your own language (I’m getting the localization from the Cardhop application directly, so you should get the same thing as in the application)
Some bugs fix

2017-11-08 - Version 1.2.1

Added “Skype for Business” in the Cardhop’s action list (new action from Cardhop 1.0.2)

2017-11-06 - Update Version 1.2.0

New Features

Keyword “cha” : Show a list of possible Carhop actions. If arriving to this function using the Send feature (chs), then the selection or query would be appended to the Cardhop action before sending it. (Could be used as an easy way to remember possible actions that can be done with Cardhop)
Favorites List : A new variable “{q}” could be used to have a placeholder for a string that you want to set just before sending to Cardhop (ex: “Email {q} work” where {q} could be changed to any name at the time that you invoke the workflow).
Append/Prepend string : Add a string before or after the main string before sending using a predefined list or any string if the query doesn’t match an item in the list (Could be useful to have a list of predefined group/tags: /Business;/Friends…)

New Workflow Environment Variables

AppendToSend : Set a predefined list of string (separated by semicolon “;”) to append using the Append feature (ALT key)
PrependToSend : Set a predefined list of string (separated by semicolon “;”) to prepend using the Prepend feature (CTRL key)

CMD : Go to the Send feature Actions List (chs)
ALT : Activate the selected item and append extra string (using the AppendToSend list)
CTRL : Activate the selected item and prepend extra string (using the PrependToSend list)

2017-11-01 - Update Version 1.1.0

New Feature - Added keyword chf to send a string from your Favorites list directly to Cardhop.

Alfred on Guillaume Barrette

Appearance

Links

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Search

File Action

Links

Email

Spark

Snippets

Links

Terminal

iTerm

Set as the Custom Terminal

*Note

Hyper

Cardhop

About this workflow

Features

Keyword

Hotkey

Fallback Search

External Trigger

Workflow Environment Variables

Navigation

Tips

Set Cardhop as default contact application

Directly activate an action in Cardhop

Changelog

2018-02-24 - Update Version 1.2.5

2017-11-08 - Version 1.2.1

2017-11-06 - Update Version 1.2.0

New Features

New Workflow Environment Variables

Navigation

2017-11-01 - Update Version 1.1.0