Re: Applescript & Final Cut Server & XML
Re: Applescript & Final Cut Server & XML
- Subject: Re: Applescript & Final Cut Server & XML
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 11:22:22 -0400
Instead of using just the OSAX, I'd download Smile and use it to work with the XML.
Regardless of how you use it, it is always good to have Smile available .
On May 25, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been hacking AppleScript for years now - quite successfully, but I'm just that, a hack, working in post-production and using AS to automate various post-production tasks.
>
> I'm curious to know if anyone else is using AppleScript in conjunction with Final Cut Server and/or XML processing.
>
> Currently, I'm trying to retrieve certain values from Final Cut Server by issuing the following:
>
> set assetMeta to do shell script fcsvrClientCmd & " getmd --xml" & assetIDString
>
> which gets me the following XML loaded into assetMeta:
>
> <?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\"?>
> <session>
> <values>
> <value id=\\\"PA_MD_CUST_TALENT_PRIMARY\\\">
> <string xml:space=\\\"preserve\\\">I.M. Talented</string>
> </value>
> <value id=\\\"CUST_SIZE\\\">
> <bigint>362716863</bigint>
> </value>
>
> ....
>
>
> <value id=\"PA_MD_CUST_CONTACT_EMAIL\">
> <string xml:space=\"preserve\">email@hidden</string>
> </value>
> <value id=\"ASSET_VIDEO_ELEMENTS\">
> <atom>video</atom>
> </value>
> </values>
> </session>
>
> What's throwing me is how to get to a particular value from AS. I'm familiar with Final Cut Pro XML's and have successfully parsed that data using the System Events dictionary, but Final Cut Pro is simple nested keys, not the value attributes (if that is the correct terminology) here. Not to mention that whenever I try to use a "set x to the value of XML element "xxx" of XML element "yyy" of the contents of XML data assetMeta" I get the following error:
>
> error "System Events got an error: Can’t get contents of XML data \"<?xml version=\\\"1.0\\\"?>...
>
> I've tried loading assetMeta as text and as string and can't seem to figure out how to recognize it as XML data.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Thompson
> email@hidden
Deivy Petrescu
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