Add_New_Trigger and Icons Question (path vs base64 encoded)

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Hi, I finally got the base64 encoded icon working with automating making new triggers. I noticed there's an icon_path in the supporting docs

For the icon you can either provide it directly using the icon_data parameter (must be base64 encoded) or you can provide a file path (via the icon_path parameter) that points to the new icon.

Ive tried almost everything... is this possible in something like this...

set asstring to "{
    \"BTTTriggerType\" : 703,
    \"BTTTriggerTypeDescription\" : \"AS-" & "Happy2" & "\",
    \"BTTTriggerClass\" : \"BTTTriggerTypeNotchBar\",
    \"BTTPredefinedActionType\" : -1,
    \"BTTPredefinedActionName\" : \"No Action\",
    \"BTTEnabled2\" : 1,
    \"BTTRepeatDelay\" : 0,
    \"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription\" : 0,
    \"BTTEnabled\" : 1,
    \"BTTModifierMode\" : 0,
    \"BTTOrder\" : 12,
    \"BTTDisplayOrder\" : 0,
    \"BTTMergeIntoTouchBarGroups\" : 0,
  here ------------> \"BTTIconPath\" : \"/Users/timjones/Desktop\",
    \"BTTTriggerConfig\" : {
      \"BTTTouchBarAppleScriptString\" : \"tell application \\\"System Events\\\" to activate\\ndisplay notification \\\"goodbye\\\"\\ndelay 4\\ndisplay notification \\\"hello\\\"\",
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonCornerRadius\" : 5,
      \"BTTTouchBarFreeSpaceAfterButton\" : 5,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonColor\" : \"104.244579, 59.329082, 6.762083, 255.000000\",
      \"BTTTouchBarApplyCornerRadiusTo\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarItemPlacement\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarIconInvert\" : false,
      \"BTTTouchBarAlwaysShowButton\" : false,
      \"BTTTouchBarAppleScriptStringRunOnInit\" : false,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonHoverColor\" : \"248.880000, 146.115000, 128.010000, 181.050000\",
      \"BTTNotchBarVisibilityStandardScreen\" : -1,
      \"BTTScriptType\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonHeight\" : 15,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonWidth\" : 100,
      \"BTTTouchBarScriptUpdateInterval\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarItemIconHeight\" : 15,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonTextAlignment\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarAlternateBackgroundColor\" : \"75.323769, 75.323769, 75.323769, 255.000000\",
      \"BTTTouchBarAppleScriptUsePath\" : 0,
      \"BTTTBWidgetWidth\" : 400,
      \"BTTTouchBarBorderColor\" : \"145.466926, 145.470452, 145.468552, 255.000000\",
	\"BTTTouchBarFreeSpaceBeforeButton\" : 0,
      \"BTTTouchBarItemIconWidth\" : 15,
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonName\" : \"&AS-" & "Happy2" & "\",
      \"BTTTouchBarButtonFontSize\" : 12,
      \"BTTTouchBarIconTextOffset\" : 5,
      \"BTTTouchBarOnlyShowIcon\" : false,
      \"BTTNotchBarVisibilityNotchScreen\" : 2,
      \"BTTTouchBarItemPadding\" : 0
    }
  }"
log asstring

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to add_new_trigger asstring

and where "here------->" is, I got the base64 working with this: just more characters...
"BTTIconData" :"iVBORwB<.....>LyWF9d/Twk8llef5Aq4/18xyO3oLpAIK5ZW6uIwjEmx3nZ0hpoDey3Bv4/IyopysR7Gm0AAAAASUVORK5CYII=",

Thanks in advance!

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Hello, sorry to bump... but any chance anyone has an answer to this? It's the last component of my code (and I would very much like to avoid dealing with multiple files- I automated an icon creator that creates various sizes/colors/etc.. based on which screen and resolution). It will be much less overwhelming for a noob coder like myself.

Thanks!

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currently the icon_path variable is only used in script widgets, but not available in the add_new_trigger functions.

It's quite easy to get the base64 for a specific file in Apple Script though:

set base64Encoded to do shell script "base64 -i /Users/youruser/somfile.jpg"
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oh awesome, thank you!! gonna try that now