Pass applescript variable to Javascript

Question

I cannot get an applescript variable to be recognized within a do Javascript block. Previous versions of Script Editor seem to recognize the variable, but not Yosemite.

set myVar to 123
tell application "Safari" 
do Javascript " document.getElementById('filter1FieldValueId').value= dsid ;" in front document  
end tell

This is one of the various tasks I need to accomplish, and if anyone can suggest how to give JavaScript a variable outside of the DO JAVASCRIPT, that would be so helpful..

Alexander O'Mara · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 23:00:50Z

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You need to concatenate the string together into a valid JavaScript string using the concatenate & operator. AppleScript will not interpret variables in a string.

set myVar to 123
tell application "Safari" 
    do Javascript " document.getElementById('filter1FieldValueId').value= " & myVar & " ;" in front document  
end tell

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 23:00

Alexander O'Mara

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