Copied links need to be in quotes in the CLI

[sekeidesign]

I had originally started writing this issue because I kept getting errors when trying to scaffold a new component.
Although this is a minor issue, I can see some people getting hung up on it. The solution is simply to wrap the copied link in quotes to make sure the command doesn't break.

I think the instructions should reflect this, saying something like

npx figma connect create "https://..." --token <auth token>

[tomduncalf-figma]

Hey @sekeidesign, interesting that you have this issue! On my Mac, in both iTerm 2 and Apple Terminal, pasting a URL with ? or = characters automatically escapes it, see this video:

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What terminal software are you using?

We'll look to add a note about this in any case!

[devindoming0]

I too also encountered the put the Copy Link to Selection URL of the component set into "" issue. I am using VS Code's built-in terminal

There seems to be a fxn on line 41 in helpers.js that validates if the URL is a string that is showing this error

[tomduncalf-figma]

Interesting, it seems that some terminals must not escape special characters when you paste. It's strange because when I try the same on the VS Code terminal, it correctly changes ? to \? and = to \=. Maybe there is some configuration settings which controls this.

In any case, the solution @devindoming0 is to wrap the URL in quotes if your terminal doesn't escape it. We'll update the README to reflect this.

Thanks for the report!

[Julian-B90]

Same issue her with Windows PowerShell in VS-Code:

PowerShell:

WSL:

[sekeidesign]

Hey @sekeidesign, interesting that you have this issue! On my Mac, in both iTerm 2 and Apple Terminal, pasting a URL with ? or = characters automatically escapes it, see this video:

Untitled.mov
What terminal software are you using?

We'll look to add a note about this in any case!

I use Warp as my terminal!

[michal-szymczak-ui-developer]

Hey everyone
In my case (Windows VSCode - default terminal / powershell) passing url in "" doesn't helped. I was getting:

'node-id' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Invalid parameter - =dev

In my case the "Git Bash" terminal was the one that worked!

[ptomas-figma]

@michal-szymczak-ui-developer could you share the command that failed in Windows VS Code?