Hi all,
I’m hitting a challenging bug or behavior where running a script provokes a prompt for "value:" instead of completing. This only happens with certain scripts. I can’t figure out why.
Here are a few code samples to illustrate, which can be run from the Terminal in webfig to provoke the behavior. I have posted "working" (versions that complete normally) and "not working" (versions that go to "value:" prompt). I can therefore reproduce it in a few ways but I can't discern any logic or way to counter it.
I am completely dead in the water on my project due to this. I cannot figure out any reliable way to work around it.
Have you experienced this before? Is it a known bug? Is there some rational way around it? How can I make my code work?
I posted the script I am trying to make work at the bottom to illustrate. I have spent 5-8+ hours now with ChatGPT and Grok trying to figure this out, and I am no further ahead.
Thanks for any help. (/system resource print = version: 7.15.2 (stable))
Set up Temp Script
You can run this line to set up the temp script, then just copy and paste any code block below in after to run them.
EXAMPLE 1
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EXAMPLE 2
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REAL CODE I AM TRYING TO MAKE WORK
For reference, this is what I'm trying to do - a script to update cloudflare DNS from the public dynamic IP. I think it should be simple enough but I can't get past this behavior. Thanks again for any help.
I’m hitting a challenging bug or behavior where running a script provokes a prompt for "value:" instead of completing. This only happens with certain scripts. I can’t figure out why.
Here are a few code samples to illustrate, which can be run from the Terminal in webfig to provoke the behavior. I have posted "working" (versions that complete normally) and "not working" (versions that go to "value:" prompt). I can therefore reproduce it in a few ways but I can't discern any logic or way to counter it.
I am completely dead in the water on my project due to this. I cannot figure out any reliable way to work around it.
Have you experienced this before? Is it a known bug? Is there some rational way around it? How can I make my code work?
I posted the script I am trying to make work at the bottom to illustrate. I have spent 5-8+ hours now with ChatGPT and Grok trying to figure this out, and I am no further ahead.
Thanks for any help. (/system resource print = version: 7.15.2 (stable))
Set up Temp Script
You can run this line to set up the temp script, then just copy and paste any code block below in after to run them.
Code:
/system script add name=cloudflare_ddns policy=read,write,test source=""EXAMPLE 1
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/system script set cloudflare_ddns source={:local ipCheckURL "http://api.ipify.org";:local currentIP;:do { :set currentIP [/tool fetch url=$ipCheckURL output=user as-value]; :return;} on-error={ :log warning "Fetch failed"; :return;};:local noop "done"};/system script run cloudflare_ddns; WORKS
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/system script set cloudflare_ddns source={:local result;:do { :set result [/tool fetch url="http://api.ipify.org" output=user as-value];} on-error={ :log warning "fail";};:local noop "done"};/system script run cloudflare_ddns; EXAMPLE 2
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/system script set cloudflare_ddns source={:local cfSubdomain "www";:local cfZoneName "google.com";:local cfDomain ($cfSubdomain . "." . $cfZoneName);:local ipCheckURL "http://api.ipify.org";:local currentIP;:local unused [:do { :set currentIP [/tool fetch url=$ipCheckURL output=user as-value];} on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to fetch public IP from $ipCheckURL - skipping update.";}];:if ($currentIP = "") do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Empty response from IP check - skipping update."; :return;};:local newIP ($currentIP->"data");:set newIP [:pick $newIP 0 [:find $newIP "\n" -1]];:local ipParsed [:toip $newIP];:local ipLength [:len $ipParsed];:if ($ipLength = 0) do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Invalid IP detected: $newIP - skipping update."; :return;};};/system script run cloudflare_ddns; ================================
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Code:
/system script set cloudflare_ddns source={:local cfSubdomain "www";:local cfZoneName "google.com";:local cfDomain ($cfSubdomain . "." . $cfZoneName);:local ipCheckURL "http://api.ipify.org";:local currentIP;:local unused [:do { :set currentIP [/tool fetch url=$ipCheckURL output=user as-value];} on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to fetch public IP from $ipCheckURL - skipping update.";}];:if ($currentIP = "") do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Empty response from IP check - skipping update."; :return;};:local newIP ($currentIP->"data");:set newIP [:pick $newIP 0 [:find $newIP "\n" -1]];:local ipParsed [:toip $newIP];:local ipLength [:len $ipParsed];};/system script run cloudflare_ddns; REAL CODE I AM TRYING TO MAKE WORK
For reference, this is what I'm trying to do - a script to update cloudflare DNS from the public dynamic IP. I think it should be simple enough but I can't get past this behavior. Thanks again for any help.
Code:
/system script set cloudflare_ddns source={:local cfSubdomain "subdomain";:local cfZoneName "domain.com";:local cfZoneID "zoneid";:local cfToken "token";:local cfDomain ($cfSubdomain . "." . $cfZoneName);:local ipCheckURL "http://api.ipify.org";:local currentIP;:local unused [:do { :set currentIP [/tool fetch url=$ipCheckURL output=user as-value];} on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to fetch public IP from $ipCheckURL - skipping update.";}];:if ($currentIP = "") do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Empty response from IP check - skipping update."; :return;};:local newIP ($currentIP->"data");:set newIP [:pick $newIP 0 [:find $newIP "\n" -1]];:local ipParsed [:toip $newIP];:local ipLength [:len $ipParsed];:if ("$ipLength" = 0) do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Invalid IP detected: $newIP - skipping update."; :return;};:local apiURL "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$cfZoneID/dns_records?type=A&name=$cfDomain";:local result;:local headerField ("Authorization: Bearer $cfToken, Content-Type: application/json");:local unused [:do { :set result [/tool fetch url=$apiURL http-method=get output=user http-header-field=$headerField check-certificate=yes as-value];} on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to reach Cloudflare API for lookup - skipping update.";}];:if ($result = "") do={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Empty response from API lookup - skipping update."; :return;};:local response ($result->"data");:if ([:len $response] = 0) do={ :log info "Cloudflare DDNS: No A record for $cfDomain - creating new one..."; :local postData ("{\"type\":\"A\",\"name\":\"" . $cfDomain . "\",\"content\":\"" . $newIP . "\",\"ttl\":120,\"proxied\":false}"); :local unused [:do { /tool fetch url="https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$cfZoneID/dns_records" http-method=post http-header-field=$headerField http-data=$postData check-certificate=yes output=none; :log info "Cloudflare DDNS: DNS record created successfully."; } on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to create DNS record."; }]; :return;};:local cfRecord [:pick $response 0];:local recordID ($cfRecord->"id");:local oldIP ($cfRecord->"content");:if ($newIP != $oldIP) do={ :log info "Cloudflare DDNS: IP changed from $oldIP to $newIP - updating..."; :local putData ("{\"type\":\"A\",\"name\":\"" . $cfDomain . "\",\"content\":\"" . $newIP . "\",\"ttl\":120,\"proxied\":false}"); :local unused [:do { /tool fetch url="https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$cfZoneID/dns_records/$recordID" http-method=put http-header-field=$headerField http-data=$putData check-certificate=yes output=none; :log info "Cloudflare DDNS: DNS record updated successfully."; } on-error={ :log warning "Cloudflare DDNS: Failed to update DNS record."; }];} else={ :log info "Cloudflare DDNS: IP unchanged ($newIP), no update needed.";};};/system script run cloudflare_ddns; Statistics: Posted by jonjm — Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:27 pm