Include Remote file in Windows

[Geppetto Luis]

I start from this discussion

use photoshop cc 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2537681

I thank Trevor for his help

I need to use .js or. jsx remotely

With mac everything works correctly

in windows it does not work

I would like to find a solution for this.

[Trevor:]

Hi I moved to Photoshop Scripting which is the correct place for the thread.

The difference between Id doScript and Ps system is the doScript does execute visual basic and applescipt whereas system executes shell. doScript returns a result and system doesn't so it needs piping.

Below is not enterprise fail-safe stuff, that cost money.

Enjoy

// Downloads and executes a remote script in Photoshop
// See https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2537681 and https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2542822
// By Trevor http://creative-scripts.com
if (app.name !== 'Adobe Photoshop') {
    alert('Crash, for Adobe Photoshop only!');
}
var remoteCode = 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Trevor-/4158c50c876817b6a96336ce23867485/raw';
// this function is nicked from // https: //forums.adobe.com/thread/2364797
function getSystemCommandStdout(command) {
    var stdout = "";
    var tempFile = new File(Folder.temp + "/temp.txt");
    app.system(command + " > " + tempFile.fsName);
    if (tempFile.open("r")) {
        stdout = tempFile.read();
        tempFile.close();
        tempFile.remove();
    }
    return stdout;
}
var shell = $.os[0] === 'M' ? "curl 'remoteCode'" /* Mac */ :
    'powershell.exe  -windowstyle hidden "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri remoteCode | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content"'; /* Windows */
var result = getSystemCommandStdout(shell.replace("remoteCode", remoteCode));
// Set some local vars for the remote script
var varFromLocal1 = 'Hello';
var varFromLocal2 = 'World';
// Run the "remote" script
eval(result);
// Share functions and vars
blah(varFromRemote, 'bar');
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2542822

[Trevor:]

P.s. from powershell 5 one can use curl instead of Invoke-WebRequest -Uri

[Geppetto Luis]

Trevor thanks for the help

2 questions:

1) this script as I understand it is good for both windows and mac.

2) you can put a warning if internet connection is missing.