[SOLVED] Variables in AppleScript

nbritton · 11-16-2014, 07:27 PM

I want to do a repeat loop in AppleScript, but I'm not getting how to reference variables in this language. Here is the AppleScript I want, my problem is I don't know how to output the value of the variable, I've use $myVariable as an example:

Code:

repeat with myVariable from 1 to 30000
	tell application "Safari"
		activate
		set URL of document 1 to "https://www.example.com/$myVariable"
		delay 2
		set myString to source of document 1
	end tell
	set newFile to POSIX file "/Users/nbritto/project/$myVariable"
	open for access newFile with write permission
	write myString to newFile
	close access newFile
end repeat

nbritton · 11-16-2014, 08:00 PM

I figured it out.

Code:

repeat with myVariable from 1 to 30000
	tell application "Safari"
		set URL of document 2 to "https://www.example.com/" & myVariable
		delay 2
		set myString to source of document 2
	end tell
	set myFile to "/Users/nbritto/project/" & myVariable
	set newFile to POSIX file myFile
	open for access newFile with write permission
	write myString to newFile
	close access newFile
end repeat

nbritton · 11-16-2014, 08:23 PM

The reason I needed to use Safari/AppleScript was because the site uses some type of authentication system, does any know how to do this with wget? I exported my cookies and tried "wget --load-cookies=cookies.txt" but that didn't work.

ntubski · 11-16-2014, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nbritton

the site uses some type of authentication system, does any know how to do this with wget?

Depends on the type of authentication system.