handling file paths in AppleScript droplet

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I created a droplet that is supposed to pass a file (which is being dropped on the droplet) to a website in safari in a file dialog.

I managed most of it... but the file path I get through "theDroppedItems" starts with file:// and it also includes characters like %20 and ~ and more weird characters.

Is there a way to convert this to a "real path" that safari accepts?

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applescriptdroplet
Items dropped on an AppleScript app would be aliases, so you are most likely looking at a URL encoding. What does the website want? – red_menace
the website opens a standard file upload window in which I want to paste the local file "url" which has been dropped on the droplet – Michael
oh and also I want to be able to pass through a file as an argument by using "open with" in finder is that also being handled the same way? – Michael

1 Answers

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solved:

set inx to item 1 of theDroppedItem
set iny to POSIX path of inx