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    XML output from JavaScript Script Filter logs error

    in Workflow Help & Questions

    Posted · Edited by andrewn

     

    I'm using this example as a way of trying out the OSAScript JS integration in the latest Alfred release.

     

    Thanks to your help, I've figured out that in Apple's JS OSAScript host, console.log outputs to stderr.

     

    A convoluted way to output to stdout seems to be:



    
ObjC.import('stdio');
    
$.printf('this string outputs to stdout');


    So, I can get the script working with this:



    
ObjC.import('stdio');

    
var filename = '{query}'.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');

    
var xml = [
    
'\n<?xml version="1.0"?>',
    
'<items>',
    
'\t<item valid="YES" autocomplete="#{filename}">',
    
'\t\t<title>#{filename}</title>',
    
'\t\t<text type="copy">#{filename}</text>',
    
'\t\t<text type="largetype">#{filename}</text>',
    
'\t</item>',
    
'</items>'
    
].join('\n').replace(/#\{filename\}/g, filename);

    
$.printf(xml);


    However, printf returns an int of the number of chars in the string and so Alfred now complains about this:



    
[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] XML Parse Error 'The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 5.)'. Row (null), Col (null): 'Extra content at the end of the document' in XML:
    
<?xml version="1.0"?>
    
<items>
    
<item valid="YES" autocomplete="example-input">
    
<title>example-input</title>
    
<text type="copy">example-input</text>
    
<text type="largetype">example-input</text>
    
</item>
    
</items>215

    XML output from JavaScript Script Filter logs error

    in Workflow Help & Questions

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    Hi,

     

    The XML I'm outputting from my Javascript Script Filter is causing an error by I can't figure out what the issue is.

     

    I have similar code working fine as a Ruby Script Filter. It takes a string input e.g. "this is an example", transforms it to "this-is-an-example" and outputs the XML so it can be copied to the clipboard.


     

    I've tried to convert it to use the JS Script Filter but it gives the following error in the workflow debugger and doesn't trigger the action in Alfred:




    
Starting debug for 'filename'

    
[STDERR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] <?xml version="1.0"?>
    
<items>
    
<item valid="YES" autocomplete="example-input">
    
<title>example-input</title>
    
<text type="copy">example-input</text>
    
<text type="largetype">example-input</text>
    
</item>
    
</items>


     

    Here's the Ruby script that works correctly:

     

    Language: /usr/bin/ruby

    Behaviour: Terminate previous script

    Queue delay: Immediately after every character types

     

    Script:



    
filename = "{query}".downcase.gsub(' ', '-')

    
puts(<<-EOT)
    
<?xml version="1.0"?>
    
<items>
    
<item valid="YES" autocomplete="#{filename}">
    
<title>#{filename}</title>
    
<text type="copy">#{filename}</text>
    
<text type="large type">#{filename}</text>
    
</item>
    
</items>
    
EOT


     

    And this is the JS equivalent that doesn't work:

     

    Language: /usr/bin/osascript (JS)

    Behaviour: Terminate previous script

    Queue delay: Immediately after every character types

     

    Script:



    
var filename = "{query}".toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');

    
var xml = [
    
'<?xml version="1.0"?>',
    
'<items>',
    
'<item valid="YES" autocomplete="#{filename}">',
    
'<title>#{filename}</title>',
    
'<text type="copy">#{filename}</text>',
    
'<text type="large type">#{filename}</text>',
    
'</item>',
    
'</items>'
    
].join('\n').replace(/#\{filename\}/g, filename);

    
console.log(xml);


     

    Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Happy to post any more debugging info if needed.

     

    Thanks

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