string assigned to variable leads to: Get Contents of URL failed because Shortcuts couldn't convert from Rich text to URL.

[chrysaora-achlyos]

Describe the bug

string assigned to variable leads to: Get Contents of URL failed because Shortcuts couldn't convert from Rich text to URL.

Assignment of url to cmsURL, then used in downloadURL(url: cmsURL,... generates a "Get Contents of URL failed because Shortcuts couldn't convert from Rich text to URL." error

Import Shortcuts
//
dictionary() >> header
setValue(key: Content-Type, value: "application/json; charset=UTF-8", dictionary: header) >> header
//
var cmsURL = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"
//
dictionary() >> reqDict
setValue(key:title, value: "My First Post", dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
setValue(key:body, value: "0.9", dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
setValue(key:userId, value:1, dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
//
downloadURL(
url: cmsURL,
method: POST,
headers: header,
requestType: Json,
requestJSON: reqDict,
requestVar: response) >> response
//
quicklook(input: response)


Working code with direct use of string:

import Shortcuts
//
dictionary() >> header
setValue(key: Content-Type, value: "application/json; charset=UTF-8", dictionary: header) >> header
//
dictionary() >> reqDict
setValue(key:title, value: "My First Post", dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
setValue(key:body, value: "0.9", dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
setValue(key:userId, value:1, dictionary: reqDict) >> reqDict
//
downloadURL(
url: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
method: POST,
headers: header,
requestType: Json,
requestJSON: reqDict,
requestVar: response) >> response
//
quicklook(input: response)


To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• paste the code above into a.jelly
• run the command jelly a.jelly --export --out u_a.shortcut
• run the command shortcuts sign --mode anyone --input u_a.shortcut --output a.shortcut
• run the command open -a Shortcuts a.shortcut
• click the "Add Shortcut" button
• click to select the a Shortcut in Shortcuts
• click to open the selected shortcut
• run the shortcut with play icon on top right of shortcut
• observe "Get Contents of URL failed because Shortcuts couldn't convert from Rich text to URL." error message

Expected behavior

Should preform the same as the second code snippet which runs without error

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Information

• Device: [macBook Pro, 14-inch, 2021]
• OS: [Sonoma 14.5]
• Jellycuts Version [??? jelly command does not provide version info (/opt/homebrew/bin/jelly)]
• Jailbroken? [No]

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[chrysaora-achlyos]

1. differt treatment of WFURL

• Open-Jellycore WFURL is <string>cmsURL</string> , simply the name of variable
• AppStore Jellycuts looks to be a dictionary with a Value key forced "${cmsURL}" string interpolation before transcribed to plist,
  and a key WFSerializationType

                <key>WFURL</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>Value</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>attachmentsByRange</key>
                                <dict>
                                        <key>{0, 1}</key>
                                        <dict>
                                                <key>Aggrandizements</key>
                                                <array/>
                                                <key>Type</key>
                                                <string>Variable</string>
                                                <key>VariableName</key>
                                                <string>cmsURL</string>
                                        </dict>
                                </dict>
                                <key>string</key>
                                <string>&#xFFFC;</string>
                        </dict>
                        <key>WFSerializationType</key>
                        <string>WFTextTokenString</string>
                </dict>

2. AppStore Jellycuts and Open-Jellycore have a few different WFWorkflowActionParameters

AppStore Jellycuts structure of is.workflow.actions.downloadurl

<dict>
        <key>WFWorkflowActionIdentifier</key>
        <string>is.workflow.actions.downloadurl</string>
        <key>WFWorkflowActionParameters</key>
        <dict>
                <key>CustomOutputName</key>          // common
                <key>UUID</key>                      // common
                <key>WFJSONValues</key>              // common
                <key>WFHTTPHeaders</key>             // common
                <key>WFRequestVariable</key>         // common
                <key>WFURL</key>                     // common

                <key>WFHTTPBodyType</key>
                <key>WFHTTPMethod</key>
        </dict>
</dict>

Open-Jellycore structure of is.workflow.actions.downloadurl

<dict>
        <key>WFWorkflowActionIdentifier</key>
        <string>is.workflow.actions.downloadurl</string>
        <key>WFWorkflowActionParameters</key>
        <dict>
                <key>CustomOutputName</key>          // common
                <key>UUID</key>                      // common
                <key>WFJSONValues</key>              // common
                <key>WFHTTPHeaders</key>             // common
                <key>WFRequestVariable</key>         // common
                <key>WFURL</key>                     // common

                <key>method</key>
                <key>requestType</key>
        </dict>
</dict>

[chrysaora-achlyos]

core of the problem seems to be "url: <#String (Allows Variables)#>" only dealing with the String path and ignoring the (Allows Variables) case

downloadURL(url: <#String (Allows Variables)#>, method: <#Enumeration (WFHTTPMethod)#>, headers: <#Dictionary#>, requestType: <#Enumeration (WFHTTPBodyType)#>, requestJSON: <#Dictionary#>, requestVar: <#Variable#>)

There are many actions in Documentation/Actions that allow PARAM: <#String (Allows Variables)#>
1 editURL(
2 createURL(
3 writeText(
4 randomText
5 sendFeedback(
6 randomDateTime(
7 filterList(
8 dateToUnixTime(
9 removeEmoji(
10 removeNonPrintableCharacters(
11 trimWhitespace(
12 getEmojis(
13 removeEmptyLines(
14 removeDuplicateLines(
15 getTitleOfURL(
16 transformTextWithJavaScript(
17 formatDateDifference(
18 transformText(
19 setFileCreationModificationDate(
need to check for similar error with each, and find existing solution or fix in consistent method across them as a group

Also, need to find others in

• Documentation/DataJar
• Documentation/Drafts
• Documentation/FocusedWork
• Documentation/GizmoPack
• Documentation/Progress
• Documentation/Scriptable
• Documentation/Shortcuts
• Documentation/ToolboxPro
• Documentation/WidgetPack
• Documentation/aShell

[chrysaora-achlyos]

I verified that on all the 'import Action' functions that take one variable of tyep <#String (Allows Variables)#>

• 8.1 dateToUnixTime(
• 9.1 removeEmoji(
• 10.1 removeNonPrintableCharacters(
• 11.1 trimWhitespace(
• 12.1 getEmojis(
• 13.1 removeEmptyLines(
• 15.1 getTitleOfURL(

They all have the same issue, of using the variable name as a string instead of variable reference.

So this issue appears to be present any function that takes a parameter of type <#String (Allows Variables)#>. While this may mean it affect over a 100 such functions, it likely that a single solution might fix all for them.

[chrysaora-achlyos]

see two commit for possible fix
chrysaora-achlyos@68c0f68
chrysaora-achlyos@5c25c05