How do I pass arguments from Pythonista to Workflow?

[Oak]

Hey guys, I can't figure out how to do this. Basically I have several sets of coordinates in Pythonista (a list for all the latitudes and a list for all the longitudes, as well as a list containing the feature names). I want to be able to choose from a list of these points in Workflow then have it show that point (or route to that point) in Maps.

The problem is, I don't know how to pass data like this from Pythonista to Workflow. Also, the number of point data will be variable, so that complicates things; I may need to pass anywhere from 1 feature to 20+ features to choose from in Workflow. But then again, I also suppose I could script the "choose" part in Pythonista so that only one latitude and one longitude would need to be passed to Workflow. That might be easier.

In a perfect world I would like all of this to be done in two presses.. One to start the chain reaction, and one to choose which point to access.

Anybody have any idea how to do this??

[Oak]

UPDATE I figured it out

I used <code>webbrowser.open('workflow://x-callback-url/run-workflow?name=CoordsMap')</code> to open the workflow and <code>clipboard.set(Coordinates)</code> to pass the variable. In Workflow I'm literally just going to have two actions: Get Clipboard and Show In Maps.

Now I need to figure out a way to be able to choose from a varying list in Python...

[JonB]

If you are using the beta, the dialogs module is for this sort of thing. If not... Well dialogs is actually pure Python wrapper to the ui module, basically you want a ListDataSource as delegate and datasource for a TableView, then have the did select method run your script.

[Oak]

Thanks Jon! I'll for sure check it out. I didn't know there was a beta.

And another UPDATE: Got my script finished. In order to do the list I ended up using a loop to print all the options, then a simple raw_input to define a variable which assembles the coordinates to be copied to the clipboard. Then I used the above URL callback code to open the Workflow app that instantly draws from the clipboard to open the point up in Maps.

[JonB]

Here's an extract from dialogs.py that will present a list and return the selected entry.

# coding: utf-8
import ui, collections
class _ListDialogController (object):
	def __init__(self, title, items, multiple=False, done_button_title='Done'):
		self.items = items
		self.selected_item = None
		self.view = ui.TableView()
		self.view.name = title
		self.view.allows_multiple_selection = multiple
		if multiple:
			done_button = ui.ButtonItem(title=done_button_title)
			done_button.action = self.done_action
			self.view.right_button_items = [done_button]
		ds = ui.ListDataSource(items)
		ds.action = self.row_selected
		self.view.data_source = ds
		self.view.delegate = ds
		self.view.frame = (0, 0, 500, 500)
	
	def done_action(self, sender):
		selected = []
		for row in self.view.selected_rows:
			selected.append(self.items[row[1]])
		self.selected_item = selected
		self.view.close()
		
	def row_selected(self, ds):
		if not self.view.allows_multiple_selection:
			self.selected_item = self.items[ds.selected_row]
			self.view.close()
		

def list_dialog(title='', items=None, multiple=False, done_button_title='Done'):
	if not items:
		items = []
	if not isinstance(title, str) and not isinstance(title, unicode):
		raise TypeError('title must be a string')
	if not isinstance(items, collections.Sequence):
		raise TypeError('items must be a sequence')

	c = _ListDialogController(title, items, multiple, done_button_title=done_button_title)
	c.view.present('sheet')
	c.view.wait_modal()
	return c.selected_item

[JonB]

Also, fyi, pythonista can launch the maps app directly.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/MapLinks/MapLinks.html

[brumm]

Workflow

[Tizzy]

@JonB with regards to the apple maps documentation...when trying those maps.apple.com formatted urls from webbrowser.open("https://maps.apple.com........") it opens a web view with ... Google maps? So confused... I found using map:// opens apple maps, but can't get any of the URL parameters to work there... Basically I want to open apple maps set to an address I provide.

UPDATE: okay so the actual URL form is a combination of the two: webbrowser.open("maps://http://maps.apple.com/q=")

[JonB]

I think you may be able to omit the http:// if you use maps://