Getting file contents?

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Hey so I’m looking to get the contents of a file (it’s a .md file), and display it on a widget.
I was told to use the wg function, so I put the path into that, used raw, and it’s not returning anything.

Am I doing this correctly, or should I be doing this another way?
Thanks!

Here’s what I’m using rn:
$wg(“/Internal storage/Obsidian Vault/Lists/Tasks/General TODO.md”, raw)$

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First, I suggest moving the file inside the Kustom folder to avoid any access issues. After doing that, use the format from the sample below.

$wg(“file:///Kustom/testfile.txt”,raw)$

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Hmm ok, so from what I’m understanding is it can only be a .txt file to get the raw data, or can I get a .md file as well?
(It’s not encrypted or anything, just markdown format)

Also I cannot move the file outside the current location since it’s synced in a specific place from a 3rd party app.
Can I use an absolute location?

Thanks!

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If this is a markdown file, it should be compatible. As for the location, there’s no guarantee it’ll work outside the Kustom folder. This is due to Google’s change in storage access policy.

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Hi there,

In addition to Ace’s reply…

You can use $wg("file:///…", raw)$ to retrieve the file as it is or $wg("file:///…", txt)$ to retrieve the file as plain text.

I hope this would help.
:smiling_face::+1:

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This is also not working even kwgt has access to this folder. I am facing error java.io.ioexception: unable to read the file. I put simple .txt file there. Even copy pasting the exact address won’t work.

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Please help me on the error I mentioned in reply to the @Ace

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Hi there,

Have you tried this?

$wg("/kustom/…", raw)$

I hope this would help.
:smiling_face::+1:

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Thanks. It still not working. Here is the file path /storage/emulated/0/KWGT/Kustom/test.txt
Same issue is with json file which i also have copied to this folder.

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It might work if you shorten the file path to only include from KWGT onwards - $wg("file://KWGT/Test/TestFile.md", raw)$ worked for me for a filepath of /storage/emulated/0/KWGT/Test/TestFile.md (it also works with 3 /s after file:; I don’t think it makes much of a difference but I could be wrong on that)