SaveToFile action

Feature Requests
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Hallo @Andreas_Hegenberg

I am looking for a SaveToFile / ReadFromFile action to save&read a string variable to/from a text file ( maybe here .../Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool/ )

I got a experimental Java Script / HTML CodeMirror-Editor running in a BTT WebView, which reads/writes currently to a BTT variable (called "FlipText").
looks like this:

CodeMirror
CodeMirror1920×1310 115 KB

if you want to try the Editor menu make sure to create a string variable "FlipText"* first) :

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2

Hallo @Andreas_Hegenberg

I found in the BTT doc that there is already a java script function: writeStringToFile,
somehow I can't get it working.

(--> Error writing (Test) to file (~/Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool/FlipText.txt): Unknown error)

I have granted "Full Disk Access" to BetterTouchTool,
Checked folder permissions: my user account does have read/write permissions
tried other paths
variable does contain data ("Test"),
"Allow external BetterTouchTool Scripting" is ticked

whatelse could it be ?

Thx,
Christian

async function Save2File() {
  try {
    // Get the content of the BTT variable
    const result = await get_string_variable({ variable_name: 'FlipText' });
    if (!result) throw new Error("Variable 'FlipText' is empty or not defined");

    // Determine the HOME path via a Shell Script
    // const homeResult = await runShellScript({ script: "echo $HOME", with_env: true });
    // const home = homeResult.trim();
    // const fullPath = "${home}/Desktop/My Downloads/FlipText.txt";

    const fullPath = "~/Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool/FlipText.txt";

    // Try to write the file
    const writeResult = await writeStringToFile(fullPath, JSON.stringify(result) );

    if (!writeResult || writeResult.success !== true) {
      throw new Error(`Error writing (${result}) to file (${fullPath}): ${writeResult?.error || 'Unknown error'}`);
    }

    return "success";
  } catch (error) {
    // console.log("Error in Save2File():", error.message);
    return error.message;
  }
}
3

unfortunately writeStringToFile was only available in BTT’s Java Script Runner, but not inside the webview context. In the latest alpha 5.445 I made it available there as well, but haven’t tried it yet.

4

Hallo @Andreas_Hegenberg

oh no,
I mixed up the parameter (in fact GPT did this !)
(writeStringToFile(fullPath,value,) is wrong.

in 5.445 it is working now in the BTT Java script action
(I was not using/tested it in the WebView)

async function Save2File() {
  try {
    // Get the content of the BTT variable
    const result = await get_string_variable({ variable_name: 'FlipText' });
    if (!result) throw new Error("Variable 'FlipText' is empty or not defined");

    // Determine the HOME path via a Shell Script
    // const homeResult = await runShellScript({ script: "echo $HOME", with_env: true });
    // const home = homeResult.trim();
    // const fullPath = "${home}/Desktop/FlipText.txt";

    const fullPath = "~/Documents/BetterTouchTool/FlipText.txt";

    // Try to write the file
	 const writeResult = await writeStringToFile(result, fullPath, false );
    // let ok = await writeStringToFile('Hello', '~/output.txt', false);
    
	 return(writeResult);
	 // - return "success";
	
  } catch (error) {
    return error.message;
  }
}