Automator throws error on download, but download still completes?

Question

I have a workflow, that downloads files from an FTP to my computer, using transmit and automator.

The action in automator looks like this:

The information for this action is correct, and the files of the remote file path are downloaded to my computer.

However, a 1/3rd of the way through the download (~200 files), automator throws an error:

The download still continues, but the error stops automator from doing the rest of the workflow.

So my question is: How can I solve this error, or at least make the workflow continue after the error is displayed?

Answer 1

There is a way to have Automator continue on with the workflow without timing out. With AppleScript, If you wrap the download command within a with timeout of 1000 command (1000 is in seconds. Use whatever number you think will work), the script will now wait for up to 1000 seconds for the download command to complete, instead of the default of 120 seconds, before timing out or moving on to its next command.

So instead of adding the Automator Transmit Download action to your Automator Workflow, you can insert a Run AppleScript command to your Workflow

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For example let's say you want to download every currently selected file on the remote browser of the current tab in Transmit.app without timimg out, you would insert a Run AppleScript command to your Workflow and insert this following AppleScript code. (obviously editing the properties in the code to suit your needs.)

property downloadLocation : POSIX path of (path to desktop)
property filesToDownload : missing value

tell application "Transmit"
    tell its document "Transmit"
        set selectedFiles to a reference to selected browser items of ¬
            (get remote browser of current tab)
        if (count of selectedFiles) > 0 then
            set filesToDownload to path of selectedFiles
        else
            return
        end if
        repeat with thisFile in filesToDownload
            with timeout of 1200 seconds
                download remote browser of current tab item at path thisFile to ¬
                    downloadLocation with resume mode resume
            end timeout
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell