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Demo for running remote scripts on InDesign. Shares vars and arguments with "local" script. See 1st comment for link to "local" script.
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CurlAndExecuteInDesign-Remote.jsx
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// For InDesign but can easily be adapter for some other apps //
// Show methods of sharing vars etc. between local and remote scripts //
// By Trevor http://creative-scripts.com 21 Sep 18 //
// This is the "remote" script //
// The "local" is at https://gist.github.com/Trevor-/a5de06d41e28936ad72fe3e348bddd33 //
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// "aVarFromLocalToRemote" is set in the "local" script
alert("Got " + aVarFromLocalToRemote);
var aVarFromRemoteToLocal = "Trevor - http://creative-scripts.com";
var scriptArg1 = app.scriptArgs.getValue("scriptArg1");
var envVar1 = $.getenv("envVar1");
function blah(bar, baz){
var result = bar + " " + baz;
alert(result);
return result;
}
blah(scriptArg1, envVar1);
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Trevor- commented Sep 21, 2018

This is the remote script for InDesign.
The "local" script for Mac / Windows is here
See the annotations there for adapting as per needs.
See https://forums.adobe.com/message/10632451#10632451 for background.

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