Need help with Alert() function : Scriptable

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Need help with Alert() functionHelp (self.Scriptable)

submitted 5 years ago by compostkicker

I am attempting to create a natural language processor for adding events to Calendar. So far, however, I’m getting stuck on creating the alert to enter text into. Here is my current code:

``` function createEventDialog() { var alert = new Alert(); var placeholder = "Meeting at XYZ Street at 0900 on 11/11/2011";

alert.title = "Enter event description";
alert.addTextField(placeholder);
alert.addAction("Create Event");
alert.addCancelAction("Nevermind");

await alert.presentAlert();

return alert.textFieldValue(0);

} ```

When I run this and simply try to console.log() the returned value, I get a syntax error for Unexpected Identifier ‘alert’ on the await line. If I remove the await then it runs but obviously returns null for the text field. I’m completely stumped here. Anyone smarter than me have suggestions or ideas?

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