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--- indigo_2025.1_documentation:overview [2025/10/22 19:55] – [Condition Scripts] jay
+++ indigo_2025.1_documentation:overview [2025/10/22 20:48] (current) – [Web Server Event] davel17
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 | Webhook Method\\ [GET] | this type of webhook will accept a GET and will pass through any query arguments as the data element. GET webhooks do not have settings for processing the associated payload. |
-You can find more information on the [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:webhooks|Webhooks]] page.
+You can find more information on the [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:webhooks|Webhooks]] page. You can find more information about using substitutions on the Indigo [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:substitutions|substitutions page]].
 ===== Schedules =====
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 {{open_file_action.png?nolink|Open File Action Image}}
-This will open the specified file (full path using *nix slashes ("/")) using the default application. If it's the path to an application (e.g. "/Applications/TextEdit.app") then it will launch that app. You can also add command-line options and include markup that will do variable (<nowiki>%%v:VARIDHERE%%</nowiki>) and device state (<nowiki>%%d:DEVIDHERE:STATEIDHERE%%</nowiki>) substitutions. <color red>Note</color>: file paths that contain spaces will need to have the spaces escaped with a backslash - /some\ path/that\ has/escaped\ spaces/.
+This will open the specified file (full path using *nix slashes ("/")) using the default application. If it's the path to an application (e.g. "/Applications/TextEdit.app") then it will launch that app. You can also add command-line options and include [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:substitutions|Indigo substitutions]]. <color red>Note</color>: file paths that contain spaces will need to have the spaces escaped with a backslash - /some\ path/that\ has/escaped\ spaces/.
 == Run Shell Script ==
 {{run_shell_script_action.png?nolink|Run Shell Script Action Image}}
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 == Write to Log ==
-{{write_to_log_action_2023_1.png?nolink|Write to Log Action Image}}
+{{:indigo_2025.1_documentation:write_to_log.png?600|}}
-This will write the specified text into the event log - optionally with the specified type string. In addition, you can select from three logging levels: ''**Info (normal)**'', ''**Warning**'', or ''**Error**''. The log message will be appropriately colored based on the chosen logging level.
+This will write the specified text into the event log - optionally with the specified type string. The **Text to Log** field supports the various [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:substitutions|Indigo substitutions]].
+In addition, you can select from three logging levels: ''**Info (normal)**'', ''**Warning**'', or ''**Error**''. The log message will be appropriately colored based on the chosen logging level.
 == Email Event Log Data ==
 {{email_log_action.png?nolink|Email Log Action Image}}
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 Use this action type to allow Indigo to fire Apple Shortcuts, provided your server is running a version of macOS that supports the Shortcuts app. The configuration dialog will present a list of all Shortcuts on the server machine as well as an input field to pass optional text to the selected shortcut when it's run.
-{{:indigo_2025.1_documentation:run_shortcut_action_2023_1.png?nolink|Run Shortcut Action Image}}
+{{:indigo_2025.1_documentation:run_apple_shortcut.png?600|}}
+The mechanism in Shortcuts to get a dictionary from input is extremely picky about the JSON that it's fed. When checked, the checkbox in this dialog explicitly encodes the input as JSON to make things work better. It defaults to off so existing shortcuts won't be encoded. If you pass an [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:substitutions|event substitution]] in the input field like //''%%e:"some_data[0].value"%%''//, you will need to tick the Send JSON checkbox before the shortcut will work.
+You can also optionally save any return data to a variable.
 ==== Variable Actions ====
 {{variable_actions_type_menu.png?nolink|Variable Actions Type Menu Image}}
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 {{:indigo_2023.2_documentation:insert_event_data_into_variable.png?600|}}
-Click the ''**Edit Action Settings...**'' button and it will open a dialog (shown above). Here you will select the variable and, optionally, the ''**Path specifier**'' if you want to access specific parts of the event data. More information can be found on the [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:events_data_path_specifiers|Path Specifiers]] page.
+Click the ''**Edit Action Settings...**'' button and it will open a dialog (shown above). Here you will select the variable and, optionally, the ''**Path string**'' if you want to access specific parts of the event data. More information can be found on the [[indigo_2025.1_documentation:events_data_path_specifiers|Path Strings]] page.
 === Toggle Variable ===
 {{toggle_variable_action.png?nolink|Toggle Variable Action Image}}