Pass text input to Shell using automator.

Question

Hello again Apple Community!
What I am trying to do is use automator to promt the user for information like a username and password and then pass that information through a shell command to create a generic keychain item.
What I have so far is an Automator "Ask for text" getting the username and the script I have so far is:
on run {input, parameters}
  do shell script "security add-generic-password -a" & input & "-s servicename -w IAMZPASSWURD"
end run
But it will not take the input and include it in the shell script. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I found the solution! It is a very very sublte mistake. Now Ive got it broken up into 4 chunks to build the command, though I'm sure it could be combined if needed.
Get username:
on run {input, parameters}
          tell me to activate
          display dialog "What is your username?" default answer ""
          set input to text returned of result
          return input
end run
Add username to shell command(I initially missed the space between the -a and the quote and the -w and the quote):
on run {input, parameters}
          set thevariable to input
          set theScript to "security add-generic-password -a " & thevariable & " -s keychainitemname -w "
          return theScript
end run
Get password and add to end of command:
on run {input, parameters}
          set theScript to input
          tell me to activate
          display dialog "What is your password?" default answer ""
          set ACP to text returned of result
          set keychaincan to input & ACP
          return keychaincan as string
end run
Finally, send the Shell Command:
on run {input, parameters}
  do shell script (input)
          return input
end run
Hope this helps anyone trying to accomplish this same thing!