safari appex.get_web_page_info

itribs

in Safari

import appex
print(appex.get_web_page_info())

return {}

import _appex
print(_appex.get_input())

return

[{'attachments': [{'com.apple.property-list': b'bplist00\xd4\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x08\tX$versionX$objectsY$archiverT$top\x12\x00\x01\x86\xa0\xa1\x07U$null_\x10\x0fNSKeyedArchiver\xd1\n\x0bTroot\x80\x00\x08\x11\x1a#-279?QTY\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0c\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00['}]}]

iphone7 ios 11.3（15E5167f）
pythonista3.2

pseufaux

I am getting the same thing about 1/2 of the time when I use appex.get_url() to get a shared url from Safari. To test this I am using the built in demo “URL to QR Code. When it works, the QR code appears quickly. When it does not, then the extension does nothing for about 2 seconds and then shows “No input URL found.” Both of these will happen on the same page, and it seems that once it finds no input the page will not work again until I force close Safari. Sometimes it finds no input on the first run and sometimes it take two or three runs. This does not happen when using other browsers.

Context Notes:
Pythonista Version - 3.2
iOS - 11.2.6
iphone 8 plus

syllogism

Same here using appex.get_url(). Only works half the time.

Pythonista 3.2
iOS 11.3 (15E5216a)

Phuket2

This is only a stab in the dark. But often when I have had problems with something that works some of the time and not other times. The answer is normally relates to timing, ui/blocking etc.
So using the @ui.in_background decorator could help with the ui blocking, sometimes calling time.sleep(1) can help. As I say I am guessing, but I recognise the general pattern of sometimes this works other times it does not from the problems I have had. A ui blocking or timing issue. Hope it helps, I know others here could be more concise to the exact problem, maybe this is enough food for thought.

comfortablynick

This issue is really annoying me. Oddly enough, it works 100% of the time on my iPad. On my iPhone, however, functions using appex from Safari only work ~25% of the time. It doesn't matter whether I try to get the URL or web page data directly.

Is there anything I can do to make this work on the iPhone the way it does on the iPad?

Here's an example of a general script I use to see what comes through the share sheet:

import appex
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def main():
    if appex.is_running_extension():
        print(f'# APPEX DATA #\n{"=" * 15}\n')
        methods = [
            method for method in dir(appex)
            if callable(getattr(appex, method)) and
            method.startswith('get') and method != 'get_input'
        ]
        for method in methods:
            result = getattr(appex, method)()
            name = method.partition("_")[2]
            if result:
                print(f'{name}\n{"-"*15}')
                if name == 'web_page_info':
                    for k, v in result.items():
                        if k == 'html':
                            soup = BeautifulSoup(v, 'html.parser')
                            v = soup.prettify()
                        print(f'{k}: {v}')
                    print('\n')
                else:
                    print(f'{result}\n\n')
    else:
        raise ReferenceError(
            'Requires appex: (must be run from iOS share sheet!)')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()