When running x callback link, the file linked in x-success only opens and doesn’t run

[spike]

I called an x callback string
‘webbrowser.open('vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?' + url +'&x-success=pythonista:/ytdl/youtub-playlist2.py?action=run&x-source=Pythonista3')’
And it opens the video from the url in VLC but when it finishes playing it only sends me back to the file “youtub-playlist2.py” but it never runs it. How can I make it run this file when the video finishes?

[cvp]

@spike said:

pythonista://ytdl/youtub-playlist2.py...

One / missing maybe?

[spike]

@cvp nope. Sadly that doesn’t change anything

[cvp]

@spike said:

&x-source=Pythonista3'

Never seen this parameter for Pythonista

[cvp]

@spike said:

&x-success=pythonista:/ytdl/youtub-playlist2.py?action=run

Should be

&x-success=pythonista3://ytdl/youtub-playlist2.py?action=run

without anything else, I think.
You have to be sure of your folder and file names, uppercase/lowercase sensitive

[cvp]

@spike this works

import webbrowser
url = 'url=https://youtu.be/fgZgVNxhU04'
webbrowser.open('vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?' + url +'&x-success=pythonista3://MesApps/MesPastels.py?action=run')

[spike]

@cvp I’m sorry for reviving this issue but when running your code it still only opens the python file — as in it doesn’t run it. Is there a bug in the action=run argument in Pythonista?

[cvp]

@spike said:

Is there a bug in the action=run argument in Pythonista?

You are right, it does not work as it did six months ago

But this work,

webbrowser.open("pythonista3://MesApps/MesPastels.py?action=run")

Thus the problem seems to be in the callback

[spike]

@cvp said:

Thus the problem seems to be in the callback

Ok after 6 months I think I’ve solved it. For some reason the x-success parameter has to be percent encoded. Idk why. I don’t even think this behavior is even officially documented anywhere. I only found out because of this random article about automating things through the drafts app (https://www.macstories.net/tutorials/guide-url-scheme-ios-drafts/).

But anyway this code should work now. Btw I just looked up percent encoder online to actually encode it bc I was too lazy to figure out a way to do it myself or figure out what percent encoding even is.

import webbrowser
url = 'url=https://youtu.be/fgZgVNxhU04'
webbrowser.open('vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?' + url +'&x-success= pythonista3%3A%2F%2FMesApps%2FMesPastels.py%3Faction%3Drun')

[cvp]

@spike with this, I get an "invalid url" error message.
I had also thought abouT %encoding but only the "?" Because I think an url may only contain an unique "?"

Did your method work for you?

[cvp]

@spike said:

For some reason the x-success parameter has to be percent encoded

Not sure of that. Without %encoding, all works (: and /) excepted the ?action=run