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Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by conradev »

nmcfarl wrote: post #58
Someone wrote: post #57

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What are the security implications of that? Does that mean that any web page can run a random workflow on your iPad, or are the hex strings so long that it is as good as impossible to guess one, or (way worse) is the hex string an encoding of the steps to run?

I don't have them in front of me right now but the hex is long. I have no clue if they encode something, but I remember thinking "UUID".

The hex in the scheme is one of a list of preconfigured colors for the purpose of theming the launch image. The hex in "id" is indeed a UUID. There is also a "name" parameter.

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by ZitchDog »

ZitchDog wrote: post #50
AriX wrote: post #45

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Unfortunately you actually can't - Siri doesn't include web clips as apps it can launch. We're working on it.

UPDATE: I was able to get siri support by creating a contact called "Workflows" and adding the x-callback-url as a URL for the contact. I can say "Workflows" to Siri and she will show me a list of all my workflows, and I can select the one I want from a list. The only tricky part was getting the x-callback-url out of the data: URL since the contacts app won't open data: urls. Yay! PS. I LOVE this app so much. Thank y…

UPDATE 2: I was nearly able to create a workflow to create a contact automatically. Unfortunately the "get contents of url" task doesn't support data URIs.

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by AriX »

ZitchDog wrote: post #50
AriX wrote: post #45

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Unfortunately you actually can't - Siri doesn't include web clips as apps it can launch. We're working on it.

UPDATE: I was able to get siri support by creating a contact called "Workflows" and adding the x-callback-url as a URL for the contact. I can say "Workflows" to Siri and she will show me a list of all my workflows, and I can select the one I want from a list. The only tricky part was getting the x-callback-url out of the data: URL since the contacts app won't open data: urls. Yay! PS. I LOVE this app so much. Thank y…

This is incredibly clever. We have a completely separate, but equally crazy hack that we were thinking of using to implement this. But well done. And so glad you like it :)

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by ZitchDog »

AriX wrote: post #63
ZitchDog wrote: post #50

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UPDATE: I was able to get siri support by creating a contact called "Workflows" and adding the x-callback-url as a URL for the contact. I can say "Workflows" to Siri and she will show me a list of all my workflows, and I can select the one I want from a list. The only tricky part was getting the x-callback-url out of the data: URL since the contacts app won't open data: urls. Yay! PS. I LOVE this app so much. Thank y…

This is incredibly clever. We have a completely separate, but equally crazy hack that we were thinking of using to implement this. But well done. And so glad you like it :)

Any plans to integrate something like this into the app?

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by christiangenco »

AriX wrote: post #46
xenadu02 wrote: post #43

What's the over/under on when App Review yanks it from the store?

Workflow guy here - you have nothing to worry about, we've been in contact with App Review for months.

Commenting here for posterity. My money is, unfortunately, on Apple screwing you guys over within the next year. Likely right before they launch a tool of their own that only does a fifth of what Workflow does.

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by 0942v8653 »

This app is amazing. If you have Pythonista[0] (a somewhat similar app, but with Python scripting) you are in for a pleasant surprise. It's integrated through the URL scheme.

Get both, even if they seem similar. It's like the combination of shell scripting and Automator for Mac, except better than Automator and easier than shell scripting.

This is also featured as an Editor's Choice, which means it doesn't look like it's going away.

[0]: http://omz-software.com/pythonista/

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by manuelsp »

Oh well, pretty interesting app

The workflow I've created let me send the full list of phone numbers or email addresses of a single contact, plus the name, using a plain text SMS

In hope of improving that, I've tried counting the number of items (phones or emails) of the Contact: if 1 then the SMS is create right away, if > 1 then I can select which item(s) I want to send

However if I want to detect the case when the Contact doesn't have email address (for example) I got a error message, not nice at all

It looks like trying to use "Get Email Addresses from Input" --> "Set Variable" --> "Count" does not support an empty list... anyone can help please? :)

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by tempodox »

conradev wrote: post #30
tempodox wrote: post #15

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Wow, that background color rips my optic nerves apart. I feel hurt.

Sorry for harming your eyes, we just updated the site!

Oops, did you change the link to point directly to the iTunes Store page? Anyway, that's much less aggressive than a screenful of that creative blue. I would have loved it in small doses in the right places, but it was just too much.

Re: Workflow for iOS

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Post by tempodox »

cpncrunch wrote: post #52
ekanes wrote: post #27

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In business and in life, it's useful to have a meta process going in your head about the level of the conversation. You were probably down-voted because people feel that what they did dwarfs the color they chose for their background. You're kinda hating on something that doesn't matter. :)

Actually, tempodox is entitled to his/her opinion. Just because some people think it's a minor issue, doesn't mean you should downvote it. IMO this is one of the main problems with HN.

Right, that should be the whole point. Why would I post the same opinion everyone else has? Apart from a nice circle jerk, that would serve no purpose. The whole point of my post is that it differs from any other and offers a yet unseen perspective, whether you like that perspective or not.
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