Reading Contents of a File

Scriptable
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Hi there,

Fairly novice Scriptable (and JavaScript!) user here. I’m trying to work on a widget that will show my a different different random line from a text file stored on iCloud. So far I’m stuck on just reading the contents of a file (actually, even just finding the file in Scriptable.) I think I’ve found the right path, and I’m 100% certain my file exists in that path with that name, but Scriptable is telling me it can’t find it. Any ideas?

function getFilePath() {
  let fm = FileManager.iCloud()
  let dirPath = fm.documentsDirectory()
  return fm.joinPath(
    dirPath,
    "dailyrem.txt")
}

let fm = FileManager.iCloud()
let path = getFilePath()
let raw = fm.readString(path)
let exists = fm.fileExists(path)

console.log ("Document path is "+fm.documentsDirectory())
console.log ("The file path that was build is "+getFilePath())
console.log ("Files exists? "+exists)
console.log (raw)

Here’s the output from the console:

2020-10-04 16:15:49: dailyrem.txt does not exist. Use fileExists(filePath) on a FileManager to check if a file exists.
2020-10-04 16:15:49: Document path is /private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~dk~simonbs~Scriptable/Documents
2020-10-04 16:15:49: The file path that was build is /private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~dk~simonbs~Scriptable/Documents/dailyrem.txt
2020-10-04 16:15:49: Files exists? false
2020-10-04 16:15:49: null
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Works fine for me.

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Are you sure you have the file named correctly and in the right place?

i.e. in the Scriptable folder in iCloud.

3

That is really weird. Triple checked again. I had it placed in a folder called “Documents” in the Scriptable directory. I also tried just putting it in the Scriptable directory and no dice.

4

Gar, I figured it out. Listed contents of the folder and somehow I’d mistakenly named it “dailyrem.txt.txt”.

5

@tommertron, your post and the replies were helpful to me.

I’m working on a script to have Siri read aloud one random line from a .txt doc and to do so again and again, every ten seconds.

Would you be willing to post more of your script (part of it might be relevant, correct?) and/or point me toward threads that might help me? Thanks to anyone else, too!

I have the script successfully identifying the .txt file in iCloud. Thanks again for any input on what’s been useful to you.

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Sure! Please don’t judge the code though. It’s not very well organized or documented, or probably even all that efficient. :slight_smile:


// Define where document is stored 
  
function getFilePath() {
  let fm = FileManager.iCloud()
  let dirPath = fm.documentsDirectory()
  return fm.joinPath(
    dirPath,
    "dailyrem.txt")
}

// Random number generator 

function getRndInteger(min, max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min) ) + min;
}


// Define function to pick random quote 
function displayQuote () {
  let fm = FileManager.iCloud()
  let path = getFilePath()
  let raw = fm.readString(path)
  let quotes = raw.split("\n")
  let lines = quotes.length
  let pickQuote = getRndInteger(2, lines);
  // the following lines can be uncommented for troubleshooting 
  //console.log("Number of lines is "+lines)
  //console.log ("Picking array number "+pickQuote)
  //console.log(quotes[pickQuote])
  let result = quotes[pickQuote]
  return result
}

//console.log (displayQuote())

let widget = new ListWidget()

displayQuote.textColor = Color.white() 
widget.addText(displayQuote())
 
// Finalize widget settings
//widget.setPadding(16,16,16,0)
//widget.spacing = -3
// Set gradient background
let startColor = new Color("FF6F91")
let endColor = new Color("FF9671")

let gradient = new LinearGradient()
gradient.colors = [startColor, endColor]
gradient.locations = [0.5, 1]
widget.backgroundGradient = gradient

Script.setWidget(widget)
widget.presentMedium()
Script.complete()
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