Guys I am stuck on this simple curl upload upon completing an audiojack recording. i just want to upload the file to ftp.
on process(theFile)
do shell script "curl -T 'theFile' ftp://username:password@ftp.com/password@ftp.com/"
end process
Is there an issue in the syntax ?
Thanks!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Are you asking about the curl command or the Applescript part?
Does the curl command work if you type it into the Terminal?
What error(s) are you getting when you run the script? What does the rest of the script lookl ike?
Hey,
Yes the curl command works in applescript if i type it in as:
do shell script "curl -T thefile ftp://username:password@ftp.com"
It works if theFile is replaced by an actual path of a file.
It seems that I am doing something wrong either in putting theFile in quotes because the error is.. Cannot find 'theFile'
I have tried without quotes as well.
Is theFile a variable or the actual name of the file your are ftping or just a place holder you put in when you posted the script?
Ha..just noticed the florida thing cool.
theFile is the variable passed to the script by Audiojack. So basically I just want to upload the file which is recorded by Audiojack and the name is passed to the script as theFile. Its path will be ~/music/Audiojack...
Try
do shell script "curl -T " & theFile & " ftp://username:password@ftp.com/password@ftp.com/"
There is a space after the -T and before the double quote and also between the double quote and ftp.
Good catch on the location 😉
Thanks mate, I am still trying to make this work. I am not getting any errors. The file however is not copied across so I'm trying to see whats going on. I modified it slightly since the file name contains spaces.
do shell script "curl -T " & POSIX path of theFile & " ftp://......
Not sure if this will help, but you might try -u username:password and leave the account info out of the url.
So did you get this sorted out yet? Hard to tell from your last message if you did but then you marked it as solved.
Post back if you stil need help.
regards
Yeah I marked it solved because its not giving me any errors like before. For some reason the file doesn't get copied across. I wish i could check a log somewhere. The console doesn't display any related entries.
I tried -u username:password. This is giving me a host error.
What you need to do is work on just the curl command from the Terminal command line.
Once it is working from there putting into the script should be easy.
I ran this and it works which tells me that that the command syntax seems correct. The issue must therefore lie with the varaible that is being passed from audiojack.
--on process(theFile)
set theFile to "filepathf"
do shell script "curl -T " & theFile & " ftp://username:password@........
--end process
This is what I used as the template from Audiojack
on process(theArgs)
--Into iTunes ye files shall go
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with theFile in theArgs
add theFile
end repeat
end tell
end process
If the filename in the variable theFile has spaces in it then that will be a problem. I hate spaces in filenames!
To things:
First you will need to use the absolute path for the file. When the do shell script runs you can't rely on it being in a specific directory. You also can' rely on the environment being set up. So if you wanted to list out your Desktop folder for example you would need to do:
do shell script "ls /Users/homefolder/Desktop"
Second if the file name has spaces in it (or even if it might) you will need to do
do shell script "curl -T '" & theFile & "' ftp://username:password@........
That is add a single quote before the double quote after the -T and then add a single quote after the double quote before the ftp command. No spaces between the single and double quotes,
These should finally get this going.
good luck
It definintely has spaces. The file is iTunes 20121214 1327.mp3 which is why I used the POSIX command before.
Anyhow I inserted the quotes as you suggested. This is the error I get:
NSLocalizedFailureReason: curl: Can't open 'Macintosh HD:Users:Username:Music:Audio Hijack:iTunes 20121214 1327.mp3'!
curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information
Further.....
I removed the spaces in the filename.
When I run the script with the quotes. It still gives me the same error as above.
Without the quotes...no error but file doesn't get copied across.
Bizzarre...
Ok the quotes have taken care of the spaces in the file name but the problem here is that you are sending a OS X file spec to the shell and that won't work.
In other words the shell wants /foo/bar and you're sending foo:bar
This little script works and demonstrates what you need to do.
set theFile to (path to desktop) as string
do shell script "ls '" & POSIX path of theFile & "'"
Not knowing how you're setting theFile makes it tough to get more specific
simple applescript curl command
