Getting the Results of a JSON/XML Query

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I'm glad Peter is on this case now. But I will point out that the script I send you works for me. That is, it returns results. It returns this:

{"metaData":{"apiVersion":"0.2","warning":"ACHTUNG: Bitte vor ernsthafter Nutzung feedback@openthesaurus.de kontaktieren, um bei API-\u00c4nderungen informiert zu werden","copyright":"Copyright (C) 2019 Daniel Naber (www.danielnaber.de)","license":"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 or GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1","source":"https://www.openthesaurus.de","date":"Wed Jul 03 20:38:07 CEST 2019"},"synsets":[]}

I can't see why running the same script wouldn't work for you.

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@Sleepy: Yours did work!! But what is the difference in grouping all those steps?

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The only reason I grouped them is because then I could run them more easily using a cogwheel. I didn't want to set a function key.

If mine worked, what changes did you make to make it fail?

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From my point of view there is no difference other than the group...

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Did you copy my macro's actions into your program or did you just visually look for differences?

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I copied it. What's still odd is the fact that, while results are shown in the output, there are new synonyms in it. But I will work that out.

Thank you all very, very much for your great help!!

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Then I'll let you think about it. I'm glad my macro worked. Please come back if you have any further questions. Don't be afraid, I want to help.

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I've found one little error (the '$' in front of KMVAR_varSyn was missing).
Now it's:

myQuery="https://www.openthesaurus.de/synonyme/search?q=$KMVAR_varSyn&format=application/json"
curl -sL --url $myQuery

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Dang, did I make a mistake? SORRY!

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The Macro is pretty useful right now. However I'm thinking about a more sophisticated version.

The results I get after the macro has run look like this:

{"metaData":{"apiVersion":"0.2","warning":"ACHTUNG: Bitte vor ernsthafter Nutzung feedback@openthesaurus.de kontaktieren, um bei API-\u00c4nderungen informiert zu werden","copyright":"Copyright (C) 2019 Daniel Naber (www.danielnaber.de)","license":"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 or GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1","source":"https://www.openthesaurus.de","date":"Sun Oct 13 20:51:31 CEST 2019"},"synsets":[{"id":34416,"categories":[],"terms":[{"term":"damals"},{"term":"in jenen l\u00e4ngst vergangenen Tagen"},{"term":"in jenen (fernen) Tagen"},{"term":"in jener l\u00e4ngst vergangenen Zeit"},{"term":"seinerzeit"},{"term":"zu dieser Zeit"},{"term":"zu jener Zeit"},{"term":"zum damaligen Zeitpunkt"},{"term":"da","level":"umgangssprachlich"}]}]}

I'm thinking about getting the JSON values for "term" and put them in a prompt. So the workflow would be to select a word, then fire up the macro and, in this case, get synonyms for the word. The results will be selectable in a prompt, I chose the one that suits me and the aforementioned selected word will be replaced by the synonym.

Would that be doable with KM?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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Something like this:

Keyboard Maestro Actions.kmactions (3.0 KB)

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