Autostart html only accepts one parameter

Darth_Raffelius · November 26, 2024, 12:18pm

I’ve been trying to get the autostart to work via command line, but it seems that only the first parameter following the “.html” is recognised. the “&” and whatever parameter behind it do not show up in the address bar, and do not take effect.

If I run it as chromium file:///…/ui.vision.html?direct=1&folder=[my folder name], it will start chromium with “file:///…/ui.vision.html?direct=1” in the address bar, and prompt me with the “Command line must include one of these params : Macro, Folder, Testsuite” message. when I manually type the “&folder=[my folder name]” into the address bar at the end, and hit enter, the macro starts without issue.
If i run it as chromium file:///…/ui.vision.html?folder=[my folder name]&direct=1, it will start chromium with “file:///…/ui.vision.html?folder=[my folder name]” in the address bar, and prompt me to start macro. After clicking the prompt, the macro starts without issue.

I am on Arch with KDE Plasma 6. Have tried this with Ui.vision in both firefox and chromium, and tried other parameters besides folder and macro, with the same outcome. My autostart html file is unchanged, and I’ve tried downloading it from both the firefox and chromium extensions. I have yet to test on windows, but has anyone encountered anything similar to this? Or is there some part of the setup that I missed?

Thank you for your help in advance!

Plankton · November 26, 2024, 10:34pm

This feels more like an issue with your calling script. Are you sure that the URL is created correctly? Does it work if you paste it manually in the web browser?

Abel · November 27, 2024, 1:16am

Is pop-up blocker setting that limit in both firefox and chromium ? like:

Darth_Raffelius · November 27, 2024, 4:58am

both

file:///…/ui.vision.html?direct=1&folder=[my folder name]

and

file:///…/ui.vision.html?folder=[my folder name]&direct=1

work perfectly when i copy paste them into the address bar of an already open firefox window.

i’ve also went and disabled pop up blockers, same results

This is what my terminal outputs like when i hit enter (in addition to opening the browser window). It seems like the terminal truncates everything after the “&” when it launches the browser?

i’ve tried this with two terminal emulators (kde konsole and kitty), both give the same results and display the same output.

Plankton · November 27, 2024, 9:16am

Strange. But I am no Linux expert.

As another test, can you try to use e. g. Python or Node.Js to call this URL? Is the URL then also truncated?

You find the RPA command line example code here.

Darth_Raffelius · November 27, 2024, 1:36pm

Thank you! a simple webbrowser.open_new in python works, the parameters are not truncated and the browser and extension both launch successfully

however, the ui.vision extension window now refuses to load the macro list, and instead prompts me with “Started by command line. Macro list not loaded.”, as shown in the screenshot below

Is there any way we can remedy this? Thank you for your support once again! I’ll also do some digging online to debug this.

EDIT adding the “loadmacrotree=1” parameter resolved this! Thank you so much!