solved Unable to run task

[victordong]

 

I made a simple workflow to parse a json text.

It has only three steps, like this

 

 

 

 

Everything is ok when the selected text is not that large.

 

But when the selected text is about 16M (a big json text), the workflow does not work and post an error notice.

 

At the beginning, i thought it was because of the script.

 

But it will still throw the same error when i delete most of the logic of the script.

 

Now the run script is below, 

query="{query}"

 

The screenshots of the run script is the fourth picture above.

 

Alfred version is: 

Alfred 5.0.1

Build 2067, Wednesday 27th July 2022

 

MacOS version is:

 

I put the example json text on github, https://github.com/ernest-dzf/playground/blob/master/json.tar.gz

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by victordong

[victordong]

example json text

 

I put the example json text on github. 

[vitor]

Welcome @victordong,

 

Because you’re directly passing in the text, your argument becomes longer than what macOS can handle. TextEdit can’t even navigate the file on an M1 without hanging.

The solution is to first save the text to a temporary file then read the file in the Run Script.

[victordong]

14 hours ago, vitor said:

Welcome @victordong,

 

Because you’re directly passing in the text, your argument becomes longer than what macOS can handle. TextEdit can’t even navigate the file on an M1 without hanging.

The solution is to first save the text to a temporary file then read the file in the Run Script.

Thanks!

The solution works!