Alfred is an OS X productivity tool that can turn user-specified commands into actions. These are known as workflows and they can be written in a variety of languages – including Ruby.
In a previous article, I showed how to make an Alfred workflow to generate a list of random numbers for the user to choose, storing the selected number in the clipboard. In this article, let’s look at some more practical use cases, such as:
- Showing what’s on a website using screen scraping
- Using a JSON API and a symbol keyword for quick currency conversion
- Generating OS X calendar events with natural language
If you are new to Alfred, be sure to read over the previous article to get up to speed.
Note: You will need to buy the Alfred Powerpack to use and create workflows.
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