Alfrello

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Alfred Workflow for creating cards on a Trello board

What's New

• NEW Made for Alfred 5
• NEW Support for all Trello Labels and Custom Labels
• NEW Assign a card to yourself and or other members
• NEW Use natural language for due dates. Use terms like 'today', 'tomorrow', or 'next week'.
• NEW Pick your Date format (m/d/Y or d/m/Y)
• NEW Personalise the workflow and rearrange all fields based on how you use Trello!
• NEW Use default overwrites so you don't have to type the same fields repeatedly.
• NEW All settings are managed within the Workflow configuration
• NEW Enable the Debug Log to see and record helpful error messages into log.txt and your clipboard
• NEW Path Overwrite (for Custom PHP Installation)

How To Install

1. Download the latest Alfrello Workflow from the release page.
2. Double-click on the Alfrello Workflow to install it in Alfred

More information on installing Workflows in Alfred here.

Requirements

• Alfred 5
• PHP 8

More information here

Note

If, for any reasons you are having issues with your PHP installation and the workflow finding the PATH to your executables. You can define a custom PATH in the Workflow configuration.
For example: export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"
Please be very careful when adding custom paths.

Alfrello Setup

Trello API key

• Type into Alfred get trello api key to generate your unique Trello API key.

More information here.
Note Make sure to be logged in to Trello in your default browser before generating your API Key.

• Copy your unique Trello API key to your clipboard

• Open the Configure Workflow

• Paste your API Key here:

Trello Token

• After entering your api key, type get token in Alfred to authorise Alfrello to access your Trello data and perform actions like creating cards.

More information here.

• Copy your token

• Open the Configure Workflow and paste your token here:

Trello Board id

Choose the Trello board that you wish to use with Alfrello and copy the board id
You can get the board id by simply going to your board and adding .json at the end of the URL.

• Open the Configure Workflow and paste your board id here:

For example, go to the Trello development Roadmap Board https://trello.com/b/nC8QJJoZ/trello-development-roadmap.
To view the board id add .json at the end of the URL https://trello.com/b/nC8QJJoZ/trello-development-roadmap.json
The Trello development Roadmap board id is 4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c

Usage

General Usage

1. Launch Alfred App.
2. Enter the workflow keyword that triggers this workflow (The default is trello, but you can change it in the Configure Workflow).
3. Write the fields you want to specify for your Trello card, separating each field with a semicolon ;.

The syntax looks like this: keyword {field1};{field2};{field3};....

For example, if the keyword is trello, a new Trello card with the title "Plan Meeting", description "Meeting with Team", no labels, due tomorrow, in the list "Upcoming", at the top position, with an attachment and assigned to a member, would look like this:

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team;; tomorrow; Upcoming; top; https://example.com; @username

Note that we left the Labels field blank because we don't want to specify any labels.

Spaces between fields and the semicolons are optional. Both keyword {field1}; {field2} and keyword {field1};{field2} formats will work.

Available fields

1. Card Title: The title of the new card.
2. Card Description: The description for the new card.
3. Labels: The labels you want to apply to the card. If you want to apply multiple labels, separate them by commas (,) within this field.
4. Due Date: The due date for the card. This can be an exact date or a relative date like 'today', 'tomorrow', or 'next week'.
5. List Name: The name of the list where you want to add the new card.
6. Card Position: Where you want the card to appear within the list. Options are top or bottom.
7. Attachment URL: If you want to attach a URL to the card, add it here.
8. Assigned Member: To assign a member to the card, input their username. It can be prefixed with an @ sign, or you can type the username. You can also use me to assign a card to yourself.

Fields order

In the Alfrello workflow configuration, you have the ability to customise the order of your query fields. This allows you to define a default sequence in which you input your card's data, making the workflow better suit your personal habits or preferences.

By default, the order is set as:

name,desc,input_labels,due,list_name,position,url_attachment,assigned_member

This represents the Card Title, Card Description, Labels, Due Date, List Name, Card Position, Attachment URL, and Assigned Member.

If you'd prefer to input your data in a different sequence, you can rearrange these fields in the Trello Field Order variable in the Workflow configuration. Just make sure that a comma separates each field.

For instance, if you prefer to specify the Assigned Member first, followed by the Card Title, Card Description, and Due Date, you would set the 'Trello Field Order' to:

assigned_member,name,desc,due,input_labels,list_name,position,url_attachment

Please remember that the way you set this order should match how you input the data when you use the Alfred command, as the fields correspond to the positions defined here. So if you set 'assigned_member' as the first field when you input the command in Alfred, the first field after the keyword should be the Assigned Member's username.

By customising the Trello field order, you can further tailor the Alfrello workflow to your needs, boosting your productivity with Alfred and Trello.

Basic Usage

Card Title

trello Plan Meeting

will create a card on your board on the first list with the title Plan Meeting

Card Description

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team

will create a card on your board on the first list with the title Plan Meeting and description Meeting with Team.

Labels

• all (will add all the available labels)
• green
• yellow
• orange
• red
• purple
• blue
• sky
• lime
• pink
• black
• Any custom labels by the name

You can add any number of labels by comma-separating them.

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important

will create a card on your board on the first list with the title Plan Meeting and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels.

important and super important are custom labels

Due Date

The due date can be an exact date or a relative date like today, tomorrow, or next week.

You can define the date format in the Workflow configuration. For example, d/m/Y or d/m/Y.

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; next monday

will create a card on your board on the first list with the title Plan Meeting and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels. The due date will be set as next monday.

List Name

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; next monday; Upcoming

will create a card on your board on the Upcoming list with the title Plan Meeting and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels. The due date will be set as next monday.

Please note: List names are case sensitive

Card Position

Options are top or bottom.

trello Plan Meeting (bottom); Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; next monday; Upcoming; bottom

will create a card on your board on the Upcoming list with the title Plan Meeting (bottom) and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels. The due date will be set as next monday. The card will be created at the bottom of the list

If you don't specify a card position, your new card will automatically be placed at top of the list.

URL Attachement

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; next monday; Upcoming; top; https://www.alfredapp.com

will create a card on your board on the Upcoming list with the title Plan Meeting (bottom) and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels. The due date will be set as next monday. The card will be created at the top of the list and have https://www.alfredapp.com attached.

Assigned Members

To assign a member to the card, input their username. It can be prefixed with an @ sign or just the username. You can also use me to assign a card to yourself.

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; today; Today; top; https://www.alfredapp.com; me

will create a card on your board on the Today list with the title Plan Meeting and description Meeting with Team with red, green, important and super important labels. The due date will be set as Today. The card will be created at the top of the list and have https://www.alfredapp.com attached. The card will be assigned to me.

In the following example will be creating the same card by assigning it to myself (me) and another user (billgates1955).

trello Plan Meeting; Meeting with Team; red, green, important, super important; today; Today; top; https://www.alfredapp.com; me, billgates1955

Configure Workflow

api key: Your unique Trello API key. You can get this from Trello's Developer API Key page.

trello token: Your Trello token. This gives the workflow permission to access your Trello data and perform actions like creating cards.

Trello Board id: The unique identifier for the Trello board where you want to create cards. You can find this in the board's URL.

workflow keyword: The keyword you'll type into Alfred to trigger this workflow. Choose something easy to remember related to the task.

show notification: If this is enabled, macOS will display a notification each time a card is created.

play sound: If this is enabled, a sound will play after a card is posted.

show large type: If this is enabled, the result of posting a card will be shown in large text on your screen.

default due date: Sets a default due date for all new cards. You can input a specific date, or use terms like 'today', 'tomorrow', or 'next week'.

Default list name: Allows you to set a default list within the Trello board where new cards will be created.

default labels: Allows you to set default labels for all new cards. You can specify one or multiple labels, separated by commas. For example, 'green, red'.

Default position: Sets where new cards will appear within their list. Options are 'top' or 'bottom'.

default member: Here you can set the default member to be assigned to a card. It can be a username, 'me', or multiple usernames separated by commas.

date format: Allows you to define the date format. Examples are 'd/m/Y' or 'm/d/Y'.

Trello field order: Allows you to set the default order of your query. The default order is name,desc,input_labels,due,list_name,position,url_attachment,assigned_member. You can rearrange these fields separated by commas.

Debug: Enabling debug will record CURL, PHP, and Trello API errors to a log.txt file inside the workflow folder. This is useful for troubleshooting errors.

export PATH: If you have issues with the workflow not finding your PATH, you can define it here. For example: 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"'. Please be careful when adding custom paths.

License

MIT © Miko Magni