https://github.com/ff6347/extendscript-call-system

explore how to download files and data from the web with extendscript on Windows and macOS
https://github.com/ff6347/extendscript-call-system

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explore how to download files and data from the web with extendscript on Windows and macOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ff6347/extendscript-call-system
• Owner: ff6347
• License: other
• Created: 2017-04-11T12:32:50.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-02T14:31:03.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-24T18:35:24.037Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 46.9 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Extendscript Call System

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Exploration on how to call system commands from extendscript. Mainly for InDesign. 

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Dear all. I think this was already discussed several times but I can't find any good example around the web. How do you execute system commands on windows? On macOS we use (in Basil.js) these snippets:  

Snippet 1:  

    var cmd = "pwd";

    app.doScript("return do shell script item 1 of arguments", ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage, [cmd]); 

And to make a call to an URL over HTTP/s this one:  

Snippet 2:  

    var url = "https://api.github.com/orgs/basiljs/repos"

    var cmd = "curl -m 15 -L '" + url + "'";

    app.doScript("return do shell script item 1 of arguments", ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage, [cmd]);

Last this is our call to download a file from the web.  

Snippet 3 (shell script):  

    #!/bin/bash

    mkdir -p "$1"

    cd "$1"

    if [ -z "$3" ]

      then

        curl -L -O "$2"

      else

        curl -L -o "$3" "$2"

    fi

Snippet 4 (extendscript):  

    var url = 'http://fabianmoronzirfas.me/assets/images/avatar/avatar-0.JPG';

    var cmd = 'sh /Users/icke/tmp/download/download.sh /Users/icke/tmp/download/bin/ ' + url;

    app.doScript('return do shell script item 1 of arguments', ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage, [cmd]);

Has anybody an equivalent for snippet 1 + 4 for windows?