ChristofferE Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Connecting to dropbox was no problem, but when I try to get the link i get the message: "Not a Dropbox file" I run my OS on SSD and have my dropbox folder on my secondary disk. Is that a problem? And if so, is there a fix to this? Link to comment
JoeKueser Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Very nice. Thank you. There are 2 flows into the same workflow (2 hotkeys) In case it's not obvious to others (it wasn't to me) the top one does the shortened URL, and the bottom one does a full URL. One thing I will likely change eventually unless someone beats me to it is to use a notification instead of the large text. On my 27" iMac when that large text pops up it just about smacks me in the face. Very well done. Thanks again. Link to comment
graphorce Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Is it just me or do direct links obtained with this workflow expire after sometime? I'm getting a 401 error for a link that worked fine yesterday. Thanks! Edited March 21, 2013 by graphorce Link to comment
Captain Picard Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Is it just me or do direct links obtained with this workflow expire after sometime? I'm getting a 401 error for a link that worked fine yesterday. Thanks! My direct links are expiring as well. I just noticed this. Link to comment
Domenic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Very nice thank you! And it works with PathFinder too! Makes it much faster for me to share dropbox links Link to comment
Subject22 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) Love the workflow :-) My only issue with it is that links always come back with a return character appended. Is there a way to avoid that? Also, as others have said, the direct links that the workflow returns expire after four hours: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/api#media. Accessing the shortened link redirects to a preview page with a longer URL which is different to the direct link, and changing the "www" in that address to "dl" yields a direct link which does not expire for many years (I think) and which works for embedding images on these forums. Any chance you could modify the direct linking behaviour to get this link? Example: Short link: http://db.tt/6GW5ZKT7 Points to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8kdlw5pd79k3v5/Restart%20Alfred%20-%20Screenshot.png Direct version (doesn't expire): https://dl.dropbox.com/s/i8kdlw5pd79k3v5/Restart%20Alfred%20-%20Screenshot.png Direct link (expires): https://dl.dropbox.com/1/view/gfjj26wk3becp6t/Hosting/Alfred%20Workflows/Restart%20Alfred%20-%20Screenshot.png EDIT: Just realised that my post didn't make sense. Edited to fix that, and added a new query :-) Edited April 8, 2013 by Subject22 Link to comment
skywinston Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Shift-Command-D is already mapped in Finder. It takes you straight to your "Desktop" folder. Is there any other way to initiate this workflow for the first time without having to reset the "Desktop" keyboard shortcut in Finder? Link to comment
Subject22 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Just set a different trigger for the workflow in Alfred's preferences. Alfred Preferences > Workflows > Dropbox Quick Links then double click on one of the Hotkey tiles and set your own shortcut. Link to comment
gautjac Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hello, I am unable to get this to work, when i select a file in DB and press cntrl/command/D it open a finder window at the desktop level, what am i dong wrong? I am sure this is operator error thanks in advance, j Link to comment
Captain Picard Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 For the time being, Alfred will strip out the assigned Hotkeys when installing workflows. You will have to add them manually. Open Alfred's preferences and navigate to the Workflows tab. Select the Dropbox Quick Links workflow. In the workflow editor you should see 2 empty items for the Hotkeys. Double click on them to set the Hotkey combination. Press the keys that you would like to associate with the action. Hello, I am unable to get this to work, when i select a file in DB and press cntrl/command/D it open a finder window at the desktop level, what am i dong wrong? I am sure this is operator error thanks in advance, j Link to comment
judgejohn82 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hey Loving the workflow and will come in really handy. Having one issue though. Whenever I run it, I get a really long URL, not the shortlink, as shown. Any ideas how I can change this? Link to comment
Subject22 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I've modified my version and can't check the original at the moment, but if I recall correctly there are two action panels in the workflow each linked to a different hotkey. One provides the long 'direct' link (which, frustratingly, expires after 4 hours), and the other provides the short 'share' link. Just set a hotkey for the short link and you should be fine :-) Link to comment
judgejohn82 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Awesome, thanks Subject22 1 Link to comment
moun10addict Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I too am getting the large type message, "Not a dropbox file." Any suggestions? Link to comment
tr00gle Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm not a programmer at all. I'm just a productivity fiend. I've taken one class on C#, and I've started the HTML tutorial on codecademy, so please treat my code knowledge accordingly. I am interested in learning more, so I'll take all advice seriously. Why won't this workflow do anything for me? I've tried every possible combination of hotkeys, and NOTHING happens. My clipboard remains exactly as is. No change. What do i do? Link to comment
bluecorr Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 This works beautifully when the file is in the actual Dropbox folder. I get "Not a dropbox file" when it's a file located in a folder added to dropbox via a symlink (ie in default Downloads folder on Mac). Any workarounds? Many thanks for the workflow! Link to comment
tbnv Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It would be useful to be able to select any file from the Finder, that would be copied to a specific Dropbox folder with the shared link directly copied in the clipboard, all at once. The target folder would be any folder from your Dropbox (e.g. "Shared Files") but not the old "Public" folder, as it is a bit outdated. To me, this workflow in its current state has no real advantage compared to the built-in Dropbox feature (see capture). Okay, the main difference is that it uses a keyboard shortcut instead of a right-click. But you still have to move the file manually... What do you think? :-) Link to comment
patrickplaggenborg Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I love this workflow. Somehow it stopped working this week. Maybe my update to Mavericks is causing it? I've tried to reassign the shortcut. All it does it quickly blink the 'Copy file' menu entry in the Finder 'Edit' Menu. When trying to download the Workflow again to reinstall it I noticed the link has expired or was removed. Does the workflow work just fine in OS X Mavericks for others? Thanks for the help. Link to comment
kpetridis Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 same for me - stopped working after Maverick installed. such a bummer - such a useful workflow. Link to comment
jaredfmylife Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Another broken user here…me or the workflow or both. Any word on updates? Link to comment
physicallymac Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) This workflow failed for me and this forum entry appears to break down the reason why: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/3173-ruby-workflows-in-mavericks/page-2 Since my ruby skills are lacking (and I've been trying to pick up more python) I switched to this workflow and it is working flawlessly under Mavericks: http://db.tt/HyUXaHsF source thread The only drawback is that I had to switch to a new keyboard shortcut since Alfred wouldn't allow me to enter option+shift+d for this workflow. Edited November 4, 2013 by physicallymac Link to comment
marikbane Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) This workflow failed for me and this forum entry appears to break down the reason why: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/3173-ruby-workflows-in-mavericks/page-2 Since my ruby skills are lacking (and I've been trying to pick up more python) I switched to this workflow and it is working flawlessly under Mavericks: http://db.tt/HyUXaHsF source thread The only drawback is that I had to switch to a new keyboard shortcut since Alfred wouldn't allow me to enter option+shift+d for this workflow. After reading physicallymac's posted link, i understood that using v2.0 of mavericks ruby instead of the older version 1.8 was causing the whole problem. Since the previous version exist in the folder: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby a simple sudo ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby did the trick and VOILA:D Edited November 7, 2013 by marikbane Link to comment
krusnof Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Any chance we can get the script updated to Ruby 2.0! OR someone can link to the workflow again and I'll change to Ruby 1.8—non of the links are working. Thank you. Link to comment
marikbane Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Any chance we can get the script updated to Ruby 2.0! OR someone can link to the workflow again and I'll change to Ruby 1.8—non of the links are working. Thank you. https://db.tt/bpSqpwRk Link to comment
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