Copy a .plist file from the Finder as a pasteable JavaScript object (JSON string)

Macro Library
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If we select a .plist file in the Finder

this macro will copy it to the clipboard as JSON, which can be pasted into Script Editor, Atom.app, CodeRunner etc as the value of a JavaScript object.

Copy selected plist file as JSON.kmmacros (21.3 KB)

JavaScript for Automation Source:

(function () {
    'use strict';

    var strPath = Application('Keyboard Maestro Engine')
        .getvariable('plistFilePath');

    return (strPath.toLowerCase()
        .endsWith('.plist')) ? (

        JSON.stringify(
            ObjC.deepUnwrap(
                $.NSDictionary.dictionaryWithContentsOfFile(
                    strPath
                ),
                null, 2
            )
        )
    ) : '';
    
})();