Automator - Open Windows File Path On Mac

Question

I am trying to create an Automator service that allows a user to highlight a link that has been emailed by a Windows user, and have it open to the equivalent SMB share on a Mac.

For example:

Windows user sends this link in an email: file://ad.schoolname.edu/newyork/GroupShares/Central_IT

Mac user would open up this file share to go to same location: smb://172.16.4.69/NewYorkGroupShares/Central_IT

This is what I have put together in Automator, but all it does is open "Macintosh HD" when I highlight the Windows file path and run the service. Any ideas? Thanks!:

on searchReplace(theText, SearchString, ReplaceString)
    set OldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to SearchString
    set newText to text items of theText
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ReplaceString
    set newText to newText as text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims
    return newText
end searchReplace

on run {input, parameters}
    set myClip to the input
    set winPath to "file://ad.schoolname.edu/newyork/GroupShares/Central_IT"
    set macPath to "smb://172.16.4.69/NewYorkGroupShares/Central_IT"
    set mylocation to searchReplace(myClip, winPath, macPath)

    do shell script "open " & quoted form of mylocation

    return mylocation
end run

Answer 1

This is working for me, and hopefully it adapts to your situation.

• Given the url: file://syd-fs1/des&Comms/3.%20DESIGN%20DEPT/
• It decodes it: file://syd-fs1/des&Comms/3. DESIGN DEPT/
• Then replaces 'file://syd-fs1/' with '/Volumes/'

Use a “Run Javascript” step in an Automator workflow:

function run(input, parameters) {
    var app = Application.currentApplication();
    app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
 
    let decoded = decodeURI(input);
    let path = decoded.replace('file://syd-fs1/', '/Volumes/')
    
    return path;
}

After this step, add a “Reveal Finder Items” step to the workflow.

For this to work, the SMB share must already be connected/mounted.