Hi There and Happy New Year!
I wondered can you go to a URL in SoundFlow.
I have a macro in KM that opens Safari navigtes to Wetransfer and then logs in for me.
Is there a way to replicate that in SF
Thanks
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-01-08 20:54:21.741ZHi Martin,
Happy New Year to you too :)
Hope you got some well deserved time off over the holidays!Yes you can go to a URL in SF in several ways.
Here's one example via macros:
https://forum.soundflow.org/-1084/go-to-a-websiteBasically that post says you can use the "Open File" action in a macro.
The "Path" would be the URL (complete with http:// or https:// in the beginning)
The "Application" would be your choice of app and is optional - that is, if you don't specify an app it will just use the system's default browser choice - for example:
- MMartin Pavey @Martin_Pavey
Thanks Christian,
That's really nice and simple, I'll give it a go.
Cheers
Martin - In reply tochrscheuer⬆:JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
Is there a way to copy the URL of the current web page to the clipboard?
Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-23 23:43:29.640ZHi Jonathan!,
If you are using Safari... Somthing like this should do it;
//Open Safari's main window sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').appActivateMainWindow(); //Get the URL from the front most page and store it as a Variable var urlValue = sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').mainWindow.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar").first.groups.allItems[1].children.whoseRole.is("AXSafariAddressAndSearchField").first.textFields.first.value.value; //Store the URL in the clipboard (ready for pasting later); sf.clipboard.setText({text:urlValue});- JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
Thanks Kitch....
I get this error
24.06.2020 09:42:57.27 [Backend]: Error: Parent's UIElement was null:
(YT CONVERTER line 5)- Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-26 00:10:11.248Z2020-06-26 01:40:21.370Z
Try this one @Jonathan_Grossman
var app = sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari'); //Get URL var urlValue = sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').mainWindow.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar").first.groups.allItems[1].textFields.whoseDescription.is('smart search field showing a secure address').first.value.invalidate().value; //Copy url to clipboard sf.clipboard.setText({text:urlValue}); log(urlValue);Note: You'll need to have a safari page open with a valid URL for this to work.
Also, What is the larger workflow for this as using the OSX clipboard may not be neccisary.
Rock on!
- JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
still didn't work.
25.06.2020 17:48:33.29 [Backend]: Javascript error with innerexception: System.Exception: Parent's UIElement was null:
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxNode.RequireParentUI() + 0x82
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxStringOrIntProperty.<get_Value>b__6_0() + 0x13
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxNode.GetOrCreateValue[TValue](TValue&, Func`1) + 0x24
at sfbackend!+0x14f30af
at sfbackend!+0x3349ae
Error: Parent's UIElement was null:
(YT CONVERTER line 5)I'm using it to grab the URL to then use Softorino's YouTube converter to download the video to my desktop.
Here's the script that is working. Clunky, but gets the job done.
sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').mainWindow.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar").first.groups.allItems[3].mouseClickElement({
relativePosition: {"x":120,"y":10},
});sf.keyboard.press({keys: "cmd+c",});
sf.app.launch({
path: "/Applications/Softorino YouTube Converter 2.app",
});sf.ui.app('com.softorino.syc2').appActivateMainWindow();
sf.ui.app('com.softorino.syc2').appWaitForActive();
sf.wait({intervalMs: 2000,});
sf.ui.app('com.softorino.syc2').mainWindow.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Convert & Transfer To Desktop').first.elementClick();
sf.soundflow.runCommand({ commandId: 'user:ck97eizr4001bpr10qticegxn:ckbsbbojc0001jv10ue2n6sjn' });
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-26 01:07:23.507Z
BTW... For easy readability... When entering code into the forum, you can put a line of three back ticks ```` , then on the next line add the code you want to display, follwed by another line of 3 back ticks ``` The "back tick" key is the key below the Escape key on a mac keyboard.
Three back ticks on there own line before and after the code translates to this; (Use this for a block of code)
//Code between back ticksHere is a screen shot of the above in the forum post editor.
If you just want to add a single line of code add one backtick before and after the code translates to this;
//Code between back ticksHere is a screen shot of the above in the forum post editor.
- In reply toJonathan_Grossman⬆:Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-26 01:29:08.394Z
Are you on OS X Catalina by chance? As I'm seeing the same error as you on my laptop running Catalina. My script is working fine on High Sierra. I'll take a closer look at it later.
- In reply toJonathan_Grossman⬆:Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-26 01:44:43.996Z
Jonathan,
Can you try just this code;
var app = sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari'); //Get URL var urlValue = sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').mainWindow.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar").first.groups.allItems[1].textFields.whoseDescription.is('smart search field showing a secure address').first.value.invalidate().value; //Copy url to clipboard sf.clipboard.setText({text:urlValue}); log(urlValue);And see if that works...
- JJonathan Grossman @Jonathan_Grossman
25.06.2020 18:49:37.57 [Backend]: Javascript error with innerexception: System.Exception: Parent's UIElement was null:
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxNode.RequireParentUI() + 0x82
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxStringOrIntProperty.<get_Value>b__6_0() + 0x13
at SoundFlow.Shortcuts.Ax.AxNodes.AxNode.GetOrCreateValue[TValue](TValue&, Func`1) + 0x24
at sfbackend!+0x14f30af
at sfbackend!+0x3349ae
Error: Parent's UIElement was null:
(get url line 4)<< Command: get url [user:ck97eizr4001bpr10qticegxn:ckbvk4t0s000ngq10o5u7tn2w]
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2020-06-26 02:55:37.442Z
I'm not sure why that's happening,
Here is a manual workaround... Let me know if it works.
//Switch to Safari sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').appActivateMainWindow(); //Open URL Field sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').menuClick({ menuPath: ["File", "Open Location…"], targetValue: "Enable", }); //Copy URL to clipboard sf.ui.app('com.apple.Safari').menuClick({ menuPath: ["Edit", "Copy"], });This should load your clipboard with the URL, ready for pasting.
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2020-06-26 13:43:12.164Z@Jonathan_Grossman I think you replied directly to the email from the forum marked as "don't reply to this email", so your reply never made it here.
- In reply toKitch⬆:MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
Hi Kitch,
Sorry to bump an old thread here but I'm seeing an issue, possibly Soundflow or externally related.
I'm trying to do something like this, get the browser URL. I'm doing this with all the big browsers, but Firefox is having issues though.
I used the SF picker to get the following path for Firefox's URL bar:
log(sf.ui.app("org.mozilla.firefox").mainWindow.groups .whoseTitle.startsWith("Google") .first.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar") .whoseTitle.is("Navigation") .first.comboBoxes.whoseValue.startsWith("http") .first.textFields.whoseDescription.is("Search with Google or enter address") .first.invalidate().value.value)So after using the SF picker, everything works. But if I relaunch Firefox, and run this again, I get the following errors:
Couldn't get item #0 as the array's parent node wasn't found - sf.ui.app('org.mozilla.firefox').<unknown>.groups.whoseTitle.startsWith('Google').first.children.whoseRole.is('AXToolbar').whoseTitle.is('Navigation').first.comboBoxs.whoseValue.startsWith('http').first.textFields (AxElementArrayIndexedItem)It seems like Soundflow can only successfully find Firefox's URL after I've used SF's pick command. Once it's been Picked in the editor, this code works as expected. Otherwise, under all normal usages, it errors instead.
Any ideas?
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 02:18:24.494Z
Hi @Matt_Friedman,
The issue you are experiencing does not seem like a SoundFlow bug.
The first group you are referencing is specific to the Google tab that your original URL was on when you picked the UI element.
I've not fully tested... but try changing your code to the following.
const activeTabUrl = sf.ui.app("org.mozilla.firefox").mainWindow.groups .first.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar") .whoseTitle.is("Navigation") .first.comboBoxes.whoseValue.startsWith("http") .first.textFields.whoseDescription.is("Search with Google or enter address") .first.value.invalidate().value; log(activeTabUrl)I hope that helps.
- MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
Sadly that still has similar error
Couldn't get item #0 as the array's parent node wasn't found - sf.ui.app('org.mozilla.firefox').<unknown>.groups.first.children.whoseRole.is('AXToolbar').whoseTitle.is('Navigation').first.comboBoxs.whoseValue.startsWith('http').first.textFields (AxElementArrayIndexedItem)- Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 03:29:57.051Z
Am away from my computer right now but will take a look when I get a moment.
- In reply toMatt_Friedman⬆:Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 03:40:54.376Z
Try this...
const url = sf.system.execAppleScript({ script: `tell application "System Events" to get value of UI element 1 of combo box 1 of toolbar "Navigation" of first group of front window of application process "Firefox"` }).result; log(url)- MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
Almost I think? It's returning an empty string at the moment
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 03:53:49.383Z
This is working for me.
Is the URL field in Firefox empty?
- In reply toMatt_Friedman⬆:Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 03:56:57.606Z
You could also give this one a go...
const activeTabUrl = sf.ui.app("org.mozilla.firefox").mainWindow.groups .first.children.whoseRole.is("AXToolbar") .whoseTitle.is("Navigation") .first.comboBoxes .first.textFields .first.value.invalidate().value; log(activeTabUrl)- MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
Hmm Still nothing here. I get either that error with the sf.ui version or nothing from the AppleScript. And the browser is open to an active page.
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 04:07:06.120Z
The screenshot message you are seeing is at the top of the log. Can you scroll to the bottom of the log and try again?
- In reply toMatt_Friedman⬆:Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 04:08:11.534Z
Or press "Control + Shift + C" to clear the log and try again.
- MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
- Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-04-12 04:21:47.612Z
Hmm maybe you are on a different version of Firefox.
Unfortunately I’ll I’m have to pick this up tomorrow.
Could you start a new thread for this using the sf. version via the red “Need help?” Button and tag me in it.
If you could also provide the version number of Firefox you are using that would be great.
It might also be worth trying a restart both SoundFlow and Firefox.
Thanks in advance.
- In reply toMatt_Friedman⬆:Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2024-04-12 12:46:30.222Z
It's generally difficult to construct UI paths correctly for browsers since they're so dynamic. We typically use Javascript execution in Chrome to get the current URL, as this is much more stable. I don't know that we can do the same for Firefox.