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--- JavaScript_for_Automation [2016/04/27 09:20]
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+++ JavaScript_for_Automation [2016/04/27 22:16]
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-Keyboard Maestro's 'Execute a JavaScript in Safari' and 'Execute a JavaScript in Google Chrome' actions are for interacting with web pages, whereas JXA is for automating OS X and OS X Applications.
+Keyboard Maestro’s [Execute a JavaScript in Safari](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Safari) and [Execute a JavaScript in Google Chrome](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Google_Chrome) actions are for interacting with web pages, the [Execute a JavaScript in Custom Prompt](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Custom_Prompt) action is for interacting with Custom HTML Prompts, whereas JXA is for automating OS X and OS X Applications via the [Execute a JavaScript For Automation](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_For_Automation) action.
 =====The basics – AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation side by side=====
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+=====Accessing Keyboard Maestro Variables=====
+You can access Keyboard Maestro variables (7.1+) from JXA scripts using the Keyboard Maestro Engine application.
+<code javascript>
+var kme = Application("Keyboard Maestro Engine");
+kme.getvariable('Var');
+kme.setvariable('Var', { to: "Hello World!" });
+</code>
+JXA can get a list of all variables as described on the [forum](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/using-km-variables-in-yosemite-javascript-for-applications-jxa/889) and those methods also provide more convoluted ways to access variables for versions prior to 7.1.
 =====The Automation interface=====

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