Get name of record through UUID?

DEVONthink Automation
1

Hi,
I’m trying to get the name of a document using its UUID but can’t get it to work. Is it possible?


set sourceRecord to get record with uuid (sourceURLid)
set sourceTitle to name of sourceRecord
2

Works for me. I wrapped your code as follows, but that was just for testing your code and is not a change to your logic:

tell application id "DNtp"
	set sourceURLid to "B707A9E7-267C-449E-A156-8E2AD4340293"
	set sourceRecord to get record with uuid (sourceURLid)
	set sourceTitle to name of sourceRecord
end tell
3

It’s working for me too.

name of (get record with uuid "52082F98-A21D-4EAB-B8CA-70B17D687F94")
4

Ah, it was a problem with the UUID variable. Sorry.

5

While getting the name works, getting the URL does not?


set sourceURL to the URL of (get record with uuid (sourceID))
6

Not every record has a value for the “URL” property. The “URL” property is what appears when you look at the URL box in Show Info. The URL of a bookmark, for example.

Are you looking for the “x-devonthink-item://…” link? That’s called the “Reference URL”. But, if you know the UUID then you already know the value your need.

7

Yeah, it’s the URL property I’m after and the sourceID document has one. But the line posted above aborts the script.

8

Not here. As long as sourceID is defined ahead of the line you posted, and defined with a valid UUID as a string, the script over here works as expected – the URL of the record is returned.

9

Thanks, works now.