No documentation on how to pass variable to applescript file

[glennflanagan]

Passing variables as noted at the bottom of the ReadMe doesn't seem to work but I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong.

This is my code.

applescript.execFile( 'AppleScripts/setvolume.scpt', ['set spotVolume to 10'],  function(err, data, body) {  

        console.log(data);
        console.log(data);
        console.log(body);

});

And I get back

osascript: set spotVolume to 10: No such file or directory

Am I doing this right?

[ukmoose]

any update on how to pass variables to the underlying script?

[thebucknerlife]

@TooTallNate Any updates on this? I'm having the same issue
@glennflanagan or @ukmoose you figure it out?

[glennflanagan]

I've not managed to figure it out. It would be great if I could, I've got a nice little LAN Spotify jukebox working with this script but I'm limited until I can start passing variables. 😀

[thebucknerlife]

@glennflanagan I believe there's actually a bug in this package causing the variable passing to fail. I found an alternative that is working well so far: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-osascript

Slightly different syntax - you pass the variables as an object and the package initializes the variables in your AppleScript for you. Worked out of the box for me yesterday.

Check it out!

[glennflanagan]

@thebucknerlife interestingly I tried that one and couldn't get it to execute applescript files. I may take another look.

[thebucknerlife]

@glennflanagan I got it to work yesterday. Let me know if you need any help. Also curious about the Spotify Jukebox you've got going - what's the setup and how are you using it?

[ukmoose]

@thebucknerlife @glennflanagan
Found it!
The following pull request #9 broke the ability to send variables.
If you manually revert the changes back https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-applescript/pull/9/files

I can successfully pass variables to an underlying script and also trigger a script if no variables are passed.

The following applescript file shows the format you need to use.

on run argv
    set soundvolume to (item 1 of argv) --set sound volume to external volume
tell application "iTunes" to set the sound volume to soundvolume
end run

[thebucknerlife]

@ukmoose Awesome thanks!

[jeff-h]

I also experienced this exact same error, and the fix above by @ukmoose does indeed fix it.

@TooTallNate can you revert this change? It caused quite the hair-pulling here :)

[suan]

Looks like the change has been reverted and is now in master