How to get a "text" file from iCloud Drive

[cvp]

If you want to get a "text" file (py,txt,...) from iCloud Drive to Pythonista via the ios File Picker, and if you have the Workflow app, you could:

• create once a Workflow, for instance GetFileFromIcloudDrive, containing only these two actions:
  • Get Files
    • Show Document Picker on
  • Set Variable File (will contain the entire file)
  • Get Details of file
    • Get Name
  • Set Variable FileName (will contain the file name)
  • Get Variable File (neded for the next action)
  • Get Details of file
    • Get File Extension
  • Set Variable FileExtension (will contain the file extension)
  • Set Text
    GetFileFromIcloudDrive:variable_FileName.variable_FileExtension
    File
  • Copy to Clipboard
    see Workflow

When you're "in" the File Picker, you can even get a file from another location, like Google Drive, OneDrive, etc...

• run this script

import webbrowser
import clipboard
import time

# Get a text file from iCloud Drive via File Picker
def get():
	clipboard.set('')
	webbrowser.open('workflow://x-callback-url/run-workflow?name=GetFileFromIcloudDrive&x-success=pythonista://')
	text = clipboard.get()
	while text.find('GetFileFromIcloudDrive') < 0:
		text = clipboard.get()
		time.sleep(0.3)
		# Clipboard should be formatted as:
		# 	GetFileFromIcloudDrive:filename.ext\n
		# 	file_content
		i = text.find('\n')
		if i > 0:
			line1 = text[0:i]
			filename = line1[len('GetFileFromIcloudDrive:'):]
			print('/'+filename+'/')
			file = text[i+1:]
			locfil = open(filename,'w')
			locfil.write(file)
			locfil.close()
			
get()

[deloriel42]

good idea, did you post that scripts on github?

[deloriel42]

two possibilitie improvements:

• use (new) magic variables in workflow wFlow
• pass json object to pythonista

[cvp]

No sorry, nothing posted on Github
I don't use anymore Workflow, I only use Pythonista with which I can do all what I want, with a better ui.
You can import any file from anywhere in Pythonista.