Whenever you start a HomeyScript and pass it args, they’re all sent as a single string. So you have to use some sort of delimiter. I changed from using space to using #, since that’s less likely to occur. So all scripts have to start with the boiler plate: let myArgs = args.split('#'); let foo = p…

On a similar line to @homeypro solution, but without needing to parse the args every time is to add the following as the first line of the script: const flow_args = JSON.parse(args[0]); then just use flow_arg.arg1, etc, to get the values. You can also assign more meaningful names and use tags: […

True! I want a stable home, and usually, once i finish building flows, i hardly ever open/change them.

Also, i use my smartwatch app a lot, and with dutch sentences, qoutes are in it more than you would think.

Sure, I wouldn’t use JSON either (but I also wouldn’t use something like [:;]).

You find this not-readable? [image]

Not really, no. Too easy to make mistakes, too.

[image] Arie_J_Godschalk: Personally, i like the method, but when there are quotes in the text, this will break! But thats just because i prefer real bulletproof programming beter than readability. I guess it’s a choice. As a senior developer, and someone who deals a lot with readability, I’…

[image] Articate: Also, wouldn’t JSON support using ’ to delimit strings, which means " would be fine in the strings? That argument seems moot, since JSON doesn’t support ' to delimit strings.

Not so much moot as incorrect, I guess :sweat_smile: Couldn’t remember on the fly. Still seems worth it to either handle a string like that outside a JSON object, even like {argument: 4}##otherArgument and handle that.

I agree, in HomeyScript it is much more readable, but i wouldn’t agree that writing a JSON in the HS argument textfield is really more readable. But like i said, i personally want a fullproof method, so i just created an app: [APP][Pro] JSON Handler and Manipulator - Apps - Homey Community Forum @…

HomeyScript: Any sane ways to use args?

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Arie_J_Godschalk July 19, 2022, 7:51pm 17

True, and i need to keep the sequence and i need to manually convert argument types in HS.
But it gets the job done without ever creating a quote error.

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