Run Previous Action

script

// Rerun the most recent *different* action logged on this draft.
// Notes:
// - Requires actions you want to rerun are set to log.
// - Uses app.queueAction, so it runs after this action completes.

function mostRecentOtherActionForDraft(d) {
  if (!d || !d.actionLogs || d.actionLogs.length === 0) return undefined;

  // Defensive: sort logs newest-first by executedAt when available
  var logs = d.actionLogs.slice();
  logs.sort(function(a, b) {
    var at = (a && a.executedAt && a.executedAt.getTime) ? a.executedAt.getTime() : 0;
    var bt = (b && b.executedAt && b.executedAt.getTime) ? b.executedAt.getTime() : 0;
    return bt - at;
  });

  // Current action UUID if available (Drafts provides `action` in action steps)
  var currentUuid = (typeof action !== "undefined" && action && action.uuid) ? action.uuid : null;

  for (var i = 0; i < logs.length; i++) {
    var log = logs[i];
    if (!log) continue;

    var a = log.action;
    if (!a) continue; // action might not exist anymore, or wasn't recorded

    // Skip re-queuing the current action to avoid infinite loops
    if (currentUuid && a.uuid === currentUuid) continue;

    return a;
  }

  return undefined;
}

var prev = mostRecentOtherActionForDraft(draft);

if (!prev) {
  alert("No previous logged action found for this draft (or it no longer exists).");
  context.cancel("No previous logged action found.");
} else {
  var ok = app.queueAction(prev, draft);
  if (!ok) {
    alert("Failed to queue previous action: " + (prev.name ? prev.name : "(unnamed action)"));
    context.fail();
  }
}

// No top-level return in Drafts script steps.