Fetch Softworks

Fetch and Apple Script (5 posts)

• Started 9 years ago by Jason
• Latest reply 9 years ago from Jason

• Jason Member

  How can I download specific files with fetch using AppleScript? For example:

  FILE22222.txt
  FILE22233.txt
  FILE11122.txt
  FILE11133.txt

  I only want to download files that begin with FILE2*. Ideally only new files that start with FILE2*.

  Posted 9 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  You could set up an Automator workflow to do this, using the Get Specified Fetch Items action (to indicate which folder to download from), the Get Fetch Folder Contents action (to list the files in that folder), the Filter Fetch Items action (to pick out names starting with "FILE2"), and the Download Fetch Items action to do the download.

  Let me know if that doesn't do what you want.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 9 years ago #

• Jason Member

  Automater works great when it works every time, however if Fetch can not connect for some reason then the process stops leaving Fetch open. I need this to work unattended everyday twice a day and if it runs into a problem I need to be alerted via email. I can manage the errors in AppleScript. I just can't figure out how to filter the items to get only the files I need.

  If this is not something that can be done with Fetch within AppleScript then I'll work around it. I appreciate your help.

  Posted 9 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  It can definitely be done in AppleScript, it's just more work than Automator.

  Here's an AppleScript that downloads the files in the currently displayed folder if they start with "FILE2":

  tell application "Fetch"
  set allNames to name of every remote file of transfer window 1
  set matchedNames to {}
  repeat with eachName in allNames
  if (offset of "FILE2" in eachName) = 1 then
  set matchedNames to matchedNames & eachName
  end if
  end repeat
  if (count of matchedNames) > 0 then
  download remote file matchedNames
  end if
  end tell

  Does that help?

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 9 years ago #

• Jason Member

  Thank you very much!! I see another sale of your software coming in the near future.

  Posted 9 years ago #