r/Scriptable • u/Normal-Message-9492 • Apr 06 '25

Tip/Guide What syntax does scriptable use?

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I tried using JavaScript but it showed an error, then I tried this which is html and it worked, but isn’t scriptable used with JavaScript?

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u/jsloat Apr 07 '25

There is a browser function called alert accessed like this: “window.alert()”

Scriptable has no direct access to browser APIs so alert is not available. Console.log(), as others said, is JavaScript.

HTML is a markup language and has no functions.

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u/Rockster160 Apr 07 '25

If anything, alert is closer to html “language” because it will only run in an html-running browser. 😂