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Re: Google Chrome: Set variable to result of JavaScript
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Re: Google Chrome: Set variable to result of JavaScript


  • Subject: Re: Google Chrome: Set variable to result of JavaScript
  • From: Emmanuel LEVY <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:29:28 +0200

I think it's not Chrome, it's javascript. Only functions can return values, not the "out-of-any-handler" program. Check ECMA's specs (I didn't).

That's why Smile, the groundbreaking - yet, free! - Javascript- Applescript bridge, proposes in its dictionary "callJavaScriptFunction" in addition to the usual "callJavaScript".

Emmanuel

On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Christopher Stone wrote:

On Jul 11, 2011, at 15:28, Nathan Greenstein wrote:
I've been trying to get Chrome to do some JavaScript in a tab, and set the result of that to an AppleScript variable.

______________________________________________________________________

Hey Nathan,

Part of your problem is that Chrome does not yet support getting a result from an executed javascript. The only way I know of at present is to set the title from js and pull that into Applescript, although there's probably a spiffier method that doesn't have a character limit.

Please take the time to complain about this to Google: chrome:// bugreport/#4

tell application "Google Chrome"
	tell front window
		tell active tab
			execute javascript "document.title = 'some result';"
			set x to title
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

I'm very pleased to see them starting to support Applescript, but they've got a little way to go yet.

--
Best Regards,
Chris

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