Problem running script in Devonthink

[pickleton89]

I have downloaded ZOWIE from your site and installed it and works fine running from the command line. I am using python 3.9. I also have implanted the Devonthink rules that you list. The 'Run Zowie on newly indexed PDF.applescript' scrript, throws an error within Devonthink saying that I have python 3.8. Don't understand why it runs at command line but not in the script. Possible has something to do with the path, but not sure. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help.

[mhucka]

When AppleScript executes an external shell command, it does not respect any shell PATH environment variables you may have set in your .profile/.bashrc/.cshrc/etc. file (whatever it may be, depending on what shell you are using). So, when you test something in a terminal shell, it's possible that the command search path used by your shell is not the same as what AppleScript uses. This means a command executed from AppleScript may not find a program installed on your computer, or it may find a different version of a program if there's more than one on your computer. In the current case, it sounds like AppleScript on your computer is finding the Python interpreter /usr/bin/python3, which on macOS Catalina and later, is version 3.8. You probably have installed Python 3.9 somewhere else, and so in your shell, you're getting 3.9. Unfortunately, since AppleScript frustratingly doesn't respect your shell's path settings, it doesn't find that particular copy of Python even though your shell does.

In a recent update to the DEVONthink AppleScript code, I tried to work around this problem by explicitly setting $PATH in the shell script invocation. You can see this around line 35 in this version.

Here are some possible things to try:

1. If your Python 3.9 installation is in /usr/local/bin or you are using pipx (which puts things in ~/.local), then the new version of the AppleScript code should work. If you got an older version, try updating the code to that latest version of the script.
2. If your Python 3.9 installation is somewhere other than those 2 locations, copy the new version of the script but also change the line that involves setting the shell PATH environment variable. Change it to add the directory where you have installed Python 3.9. If you know what that is and you know shell syntax, this will make sense; if not (and that's fine! we're getting into ridiculously wonky stuff here), tell me the result of typing the following command in a shell on your computer: which python3. I'll reply back with instructions for how to change line 35 of that AppleScript code.

[pickleton89]

Thanks so much for getting back to me. I used the 'this version' script and tried and still got the same error. I ran the 'which python3' command and this was the output: /Users/jeffkiefer/miniconda3/bin/python3
I added this to that line in the script:
"PATH=$PATH:$HOME/miniconda3/bin/python3" & " zowie -s -q " & quoted_path
This returned a sh: zowie: command not found
I am sure I am not putting in the correct syntax.

[mhucka]

Close: remove "python3" -- the path needs to be to a directory, like this:

"PATH=$PATH:$HOME/miniconda3/bin" & " zowie -s -q " & quoted_path

Also, it may be a good idea to check that zowie exists in /Users/jeffkiefer/miniconda3/bin/, i.e., check for the existence of /Users/jeffkiefer/miniconda3/bin/zowie. If you installed it via pip, it should have ended up there, but you never know ...

[pickleton89]

I moved the zowie 3.9 downloaded file to this location ~/miniconda3/bin/zowie. At the command line I type zowie -h I get the help pages. This is the code for the ‘run zowie’ rule:

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-- ====================================================================== -- @file Run Zowie on newly indexed PDF.applescript -- @brief Script for DEVONthink smart rule to run Zowie on new additions -- @author Michael Hucka ***@***.***> -- @license MIT license; please see the file LICENSE in the repo -- @repo https://github.com/mhucka/devonthink-hacks -- -- This is an AppleScript fragment that will only work as the script -- executed by a Smart Rule in DEVONthink. For more information, see -- https://github.com/mhucka/devonthink-hacks/zowie-scripts -- ====================================================================== on performSmartRule(selectedRecords) tell application "System Events" -- In my environment, Zotero takes time to upload a newly-added -- PDF to the cloud. The following delay is needed to give time -- for the upload to take place, so that when Zowie runs and -- queries Zotero via the network API, the data will be there. delay 15 end tell tell application id "DNtp" try repeat with _record in selectedRecords set raw_path to the path of _record

-- A problem for shell strings is embedded single quotes. -- Combo of changing text delimiters & using AppleScript -- "quoted form of" seems to do the trick. set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "\\\\" set quoted_file_path to quoted form of raw_path

-- Now run Zowie. The PATH setting adds common locations -- where Zowie may be installed on the user's computer. set result to do shell script ¬ ¬ "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/miniconda3/bin" & " zowie -s -q " & quoted_file_path

-- Display a notification if Zowie returned a msg. if result ≠ "" then display notification result else -- If all went well, tell DEVONthink explicitly to set -- the comment, because it does not consistently -- "notice" the addition of a comment after a file has -- already been indexed. set comment of _record to my finderComment(raw_path)

-- Also force execution of smart rules with "on import" -- triggers. This is needed because some of my rules use -- the URL in the Finder comment, but DEVONthink smart -- rules won't trigger when the only change to a file is -- to the Finder comment. perform smart rule record _record trigger import event end if end repeat on error msg number code if the code is not -128 then display alert "DEVONthink" message msg as warning end if end try end tell end performSmartRule

-- Function to ask the Finder to read the comment. on finderComment(f) tell application "Finder" return comment of (POSIX file f as alias) end tell end finderComment

-- Function to make literal text substitutions. -- The following function is based on code posted by user "mb21" on -- 2016-06-26 at https://stackoverflow.com/a/38042023/743730 on substituted(search_string, replacement_string, this_text) set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string set the item_list to every text item of this_text set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string set this_text to the item_list as string set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "" return this_text end substituted — This is the cod from the ’set URL from Finder Comment: on performSmartRule(theRecords) tell application id "DNtp" repeat with theRecord in theRecords set URL of theRecord to (get comment of theRecord) end repeat end tell end performSmartRule —— Thanks again for your assitance. Jeff

On Feb 9, 2022, at 1:35 PM, Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote: Close: remove "python3" -- the path needs to be to a directory, like this: "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/miniconda3/bin" & " zowie -s -q " & quoted_path Also, it may be a good idea to check that zowie exists in /Users/jeffkiefer/miniconda3/bin/, i.e., check for the existence of /Users/jeffkiefer/miniconda3/bin/zowie. If you installed it via pip, it should have ended up there, but you never know ... — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEF5456YZN6N6Z6TFUS7BTTU2LF2LANCNFSM5NTC7LBQ>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[mhucka]

I'm not sure if there was a question in your last reply.

Is it working now?

[pickleton89]

Oh, I am sorry. It working, it is throwing the wrong version of python. JK

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On Feb 9, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote: I'm not sure if there was a question in your last reply. Is it working now? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEF5453P6WRTUAWVEJ5EOKLU2LLONANCNFSM5NTC7LBQ>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[mhucka]

Sorry about this, but your last sentence contains contradictory statements: "it working" but also "wrong version of python", and I can't figure out what that means. Can you clarify?

[pickleton89]

I can invoke the zowie help page in the terminal, when zowie is in the anaconda3/bin folder. The run zowie Devonthink rule still throws the wrong python error. I cut and pasted the code from both devonthink rules in the longer email. So the devonthink smart rules are still not working. Jeff

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On Feb 9, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote: Sorry about this, but your last sentence contains contradictory statements: "it working" but also "wrong version of python", and I can't figure out what that means. Can you clarify? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEF5453JOMFFXTNLHNXO5IDU2LL3HANCNFSM5NTC7LBQ>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[mhucka]

This is a weird error. How did you install Zowie?

Edit: I know you wrote "I have downloaded ZOWIE from your site", but which version of Zowie? Prebuilt-binary (and if so, which one) or via pip, or something else?

[pickleton89]

Hi Mike, I installed via instructions for manual download and place in folder specified. I am out of town till Wed, I will check back then. Jeff

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On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:25 PM, Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote:  How did you install Zowie in the first place? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[mhucka]

I'm not sure what "manual download" means. Can you please look at the installation section at https://github.com/mhucka/zowie/#installation and tell me exactly which one of the 4 listed approaches you followed? It matters to deducing what's going on.

[pickleton89]

Hi Mike, Sorry for getting back to you late, I was out of office for last week. The initial set-up was Alternative 1 macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later. Jeff

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On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:54 PM, Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote: I'm not sure what "manual download" means. Can you please look at the installation section at https://github.com/mhucka/zowie/#installation <https://github.com/mhucka/zowie/#installation> and tell me exactly which one of the 4 listed approaches you followed? It matters to deducing what's going on. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AEF545YFZKKMORXOU2I244TU3GP4RANCNFSM5NTC7LBQ>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.