Topic: Finder Path
Is it possible to have an action in Dropzone 3 to copy the path of a file?
thx
- John
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Re: Finder Path
Yep - The 'Finder Path' action does just this. You select a file in the Finder and then click the Finder Path action in your grid and it copies the selected file path to the clipboard.
You can install the Finder Path action here:
Re: Finder Path
Got it, thanks. I downloaded the unsandboxed version and installed the action. I'd swear I checked the download actions page before I posted.
Re: Finder Path
Is there an example that gets the current Finder selection and puts the path in a variable using Python? I don't know Ruby, and it isn't clear from the example.
Thanks!
- John
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Re: Finder Path
Yep, the below will do this using Python:
# Dropzone Action Info
# Name: Print Finder Path
# Description: Prints the selected Finder Path to the Dropzone debug console using Python.
# Handles: Files
# Creator: Aptonic
# URL: http://aptonic.com
# Events: Clicked
# SkipConfig: No
# RunsSandboxed: Yes
# Version: 1.0
# MinDropzoneVersion: 3.5
import subprocess
def clicked():
script = '''
tell application "Finder"
try
set theSelection to (target of window 1 as alias)
set theSelection to theSelection as string
set finder_path to POSIX path of (the selection as alias)
on error
set finder_path to null
end try
end tell
if finder_path is not null then return finder_path
'''
proc = subprocess.Popen(['osascript', '-'],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
stdout_output = proc.communicate(script)[0]
selected_finder_path = stdout_output
print (selected_finder_path)
dz.finish(selected_finder_path)
dz.url(False)