Usually, I use the command to get Dictionary from a plist file:
set xmlData to (current application’s NSDictionary’s dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:pPathXMLPosix)
But I need to set my variable xmlData from an AppleScript variable that contains the entire pList file and after use the standard objectForKey command to extract value from Dictionary.
How I can generate the Cocoa Dict from AS variable?
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You should read property lists something like this:
set theData to current application's NSData's dataWithContentsOfFile:thePath
-- convert to Cocoa object
set {theDict, theError} to current application's NSPropertyListSerialization's propertyListWithData:theData options:(current application's NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves) |format|:(missing value) |error|:(reference)
if theDict is missing value then error (theError's localizedDescription() as text)
Hi Shane thank you for your input.
I changed something in your script.
In reality, I read the plist crypted from a http web page that contains privileges and use access for myApps based on macAddress, registered in the plist, of users.
After I decode using openSSL and base64 commands and my variable contains “as string/text” the entire plist file like if I read it from disk using AS standard read command.
use AppleScript version "2.4"
use scripting additions
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
set rawXML to do shell script "curl http://mywebsite.com/abilitazioni.plist.enc"
-- Decode the file because is encrypted using OpenSSL...
-- Convert AppleScript string to NSString
set cocoaString to current application's NSString's stringWithString:rawXML
-- Convert NSString to NSData
set cocoaData to cocoaString's dataUsingEncoding:(current application's NSUTF8StringEncoding)
-- Create pList from NSData
set {xmlData, theError} to current application's NSPropertyListSerialization's propertyListWithData:cocoaData options:(current application's NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves) format:(missing value) |error|:(reference)
-- OR
-- set xmlData to current application's NSPropertyListSerialization's propertyListFromData:theData mutabilityOption:(current application's NSPropertyListImmutable) format:(missing value) errorDescription:(missing value)
I have two questions:
I found googling a second command similar to your for generate Dictionary starting from NSData.
What are the differences? (propertyListWithData vs propertyListFromData…)?
When I decode using AS and shell script the crypted file in memory at the end in AS all should be in UTF-16 right?
Example when I read using AppleScript a file written as UTF-8 using read as UTF-8 at the end in memory all is in UTF-16?
So when I convert to NSData I need to use UTF16String Encoding?
Thanks in advance and for point me in the right direction
