How to pass arguments to javascript file using applescript

Question

I’m trying to send arguments to a JavaScript file using AppleScript.

But it requires application support to run the “do javascript” condition.

I have found a code online but I don’t know how to use the code.

Please help me through this situation

Here is the online code:

do shell script “/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript /path/to/your.js arg1 arg2 arg3”

my javascript file path: ~/desktop/A/testingFile.jsx

arguments {“A”, “B”, “C”} (for testing purposes)

thank you

Answer 1

JavaScript

Here is a sample JXA (JavaScript for Automation) script file that will take three arguments, display them on the command line, and then return them reversed.

//pass arguments to a JXA file
//return them reversed

function run(argv) {
    if (argv.length < 3) {
        console.log("Three arguments are required.");
        return;
    }

    console.log(argv.length, "arguments provided.");

    argumentOne = argv[0];
    argumentTwo = argv[1];
    argumentThree = argv[2];

    console.log("First argument is", argumentOne);
    console.log("Second argument is", argumentTwo);
    console.log("Third argument is", argumentThree);

    return argv.reverse();
}

You can run this script on the command line (i.e., in Terminal) using something like

osascript -l JavaScript ~/Desktop/A/testingFile.jsx One Two Four

The result, on the command line, will be:

3 arguments provided.
First argument is One
Second argument is Two
Third argument is Four
Four, Two, One

AppleScript

To use this from an AppleScript, you could open Script Editor and use code that looks like this:

set scriptResults to do shell script "osascript -l JavaScript ~/Desktop/A/testingFile.jsx One Two Four"
display dialog scriptResults

The dialog (and the Result box if you have that opened) will display “One Two Four” reversed, as “Four, Two, One.”

Granting Disk Access

When running this in Script Editor, you will need to provide Script Editor with “Full Disk Access” or access to specific “Files and Folders”. To see the list of apps granted access, go to your Security & Privacy preferences and choose the Privacy pane. In the list of access types, scroll to (for example) Files and Folders and choose it. A list of apps provided with access, and the files and folders they have access to, will appear.

You can click the lock to add apps. If Script Editor is not in that list, for example, you can “click the lock to make changes” and then drag Script Editor into that list.

In this example, Script Editor has access to removable volumes, my Documents folder, and my Desktop folder.

If you save the script as an application, or if it is run under the auspices of another application (such as via the Scripts Menu), that application will need to be given the appropriate access. It is usually easier to grant an AppleScript app Full Disk Access rather than Files and Folders, but it may depend on the OS version you’re using.