targumanu Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Search the Mac App Store and view search results with artwork previews right in Alfred. Open search results in App Store.app (default behavior) Quick Look search results' preview pages right in Alfred (press Shift, the Quick Look feature must be enabled in Alfred's preferences) Open search results' preview pages in your default browser (modifier key — Command) The workflow's preferences (keyword — masprefs) allow you to set the maximum search results limit and preferred store country, as well as clear the artwork cache. Additional keywords allow you to open the App Store app's Purchases (“masp”) and Updates (“masu”) tabs. Download Edited January 27, 2019 by targumanu dresser, ivofrolov, Southgirl and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
Don Dahl Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Amazing. Better and overall easier to use than the other App Store workflow available here! Thanks a bunch for sharing. Link to comment
gb0 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 It looks like it's not working with the UK store? Link to comment
targumanu Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 It looks like it's not working with the UK store? You have probably entered “UK” as the country code. The correct code is “GB”. Link to comment
gb0 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Ops.. ahah - Yes. You have probably entered “UK” as the country code. The correct code is “GB”. Link to comment
jdfwarrior Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Nicely workflow. Great work Link to comment
politicus Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 What a great workflow! Can't see Rating/Versions/Price. I just get the name of the application. Tested with UK and US stores. Downloaded from Packal. OSX 10.9.4. Link to comment
targumanu Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 What a great workflow! Can't see Rating/Versions/Price. I just get the name of the application. Tested with UK and US stores. Downloaded from Packal. OSX 10.9.4. Do you have subtext disabled in Alfred's preferences? (Appearance > Options > Hide result subtext) If no, what are your system's language and region settings? Link to comment
politicus Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 @targumanu Sorry for the late answer! I just updated Alfred to the 2.4 version and prices/ratings/ratings are showing! One feedback though. Ratings are differently represented form apps to apps (just like in your screenshot). ex: kindle's rating: 3 stars -> 3 full stars are displayed. Pocket's rating: 4 stars -> 5 stars are displayed (4 full and one empty). No big deal. Just reporting Link to comment
targumanu Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 @targumanu Sorry for the late answer! I just updated Alfred to the 2.4 version and prices/ratings/ratings are showing! One feedback though. Ratings are differently represented form apps to apps (just like in your screenshot). ex: kindle's rating: 3 stars -> 3 full stars are displayed. Pocket's rating: 4 stars -> 5 stars are displayed (4 full and one empty). No big deal. Just reporting It's not a bug, it's a feature Empty star = 0.5 Link to comment
politicus Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) "It's not a bug, it's a feature" Got it. I just founded this alternative workflow might be useful (if you prefer black/white). Edited August 18, 2014 by politicus Link to comment
lukebrunning Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Superb workflow. Love the integrated preferences setting. I'm now ruined for Alfred Workflows though as I want them all to be as slick as this! Link to comment
turnstyle Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I think this is not quite working properly? For example, I entered: living earth -- and got no results -- but doing the same in the App Store does give results. Or am I doing something wrong? Link to comment
targumanu Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) I think this is not quite working properly? For example, I entered: living earth -- and got no results -- but doing the same in the App Store does give results. Or am I doing something wrong? It works for me just fine. There were some issues with Apple online services recently, so maybe that was the issue? Please, try again. If the issue persists, enable the debugging mode (select the workflow and click the bug button), and send me the log. Edited October 13, 2015 by targumanu Link to comment
turnstyle Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Actually, here's what happens... if I type -- living -- I see listings if I type -- living e -- I see no listings if I type -- living ea -- I see no listings if I type -- living ear -- I see no listings if I type -- living eart -- now I see listings again Link to comment
targumanu Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Actually, here's what happens... if I type -- living -- I see listings if I type -- living e -- I see no listings if I type -- living ea -- I see no listings if I type -- living ear -- I see no listings if I type -- living eart -- now I see listings again Oh! I know what the problem is! I didn't release a public update after Alfred had added an option to adjust script behavior, so you'll need to do it manually: Open Alfred's preferences Select the MAS workflow in your Workflows list Double-click the topmost Script Filter block (the one titled “mas”, if you didn't change the default keyword) Click “Script Behaviour” In the Queue Delay menu, choose “Immediately after each character typed” That should speed things up considerably. Tip: You should do the same for each script filter block in every workflow you use that makes online requests. (This will make them abort previous requests, if you change your query.) Edited October 14, 2015 by targumanu Link to comment
turnstyle Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 “Immediately after each character typed” was already selected. Did you try the steps above? If it matters, I'm using the US store... Link to comment
targumanu Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) “Immediately after each character typed” was already selected. Did you try the steps above? If it matters, I'm using the US store... I get the same behavior. It is due to how Apple's search API handles requests. If you open the App Store app, and try entering those same queries and pressing Enter, you'll get the same behavior. Apple don't provide an API for requesting suggestions, only for searching for the text you input, so I can't recreate the behavior when App Store app provides real-time suggestions as you type. Edited October 14, 2015 by targumanu Link to comment
targumanu Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Update The workflow now uses Alfred’s environment variables to get the correct paths to its cache and persistent data storage locations. Please re-download. To remove the old data in Alfred 2’s cache and data folders, launch Terminal and execute the following commands: rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow\ Data/com.targumanu.ibookssearch rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Alfred\ 2/Workflow\ Data/com.targumanu.ibookssearch Edited January 27, 2019 by targumanu bivalvegruff 1 Link to comment
idhun90 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 When searching for an app, do I have to search by English name to see the results? The app store country is changed to Korea(KR), but the app that is not displayed in the Korean language can only be searched in English. Link to comment
dresser Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 for me, in the Russian appstore is looking for properly. Thank you very much !!! Link to comment
todoublez Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) hey targumanu thx for ur tools, it wrks on my intel Mac magically, but not on my M1. does it wrk on silicon yet ? EDIT] Problem solved. it was blocked by my "little snitch" app. Edited March 17, 2023 by todoublez problem solved Link to comment
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