Syntax for /fx not working?

I feel dumb for posting this, but I've read over the wiki page multiple times and scoured the forums for answers, and I feel like I must be missing something obvious in how the /fx command is supposed to work. So, I have a token on the map. It has an ID of -ABC. I want some kind of effect to appear on it. Attempt 1: /fx burn-death -ABC Result: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'view' of undefined", no effect displayed. Attempt 2: /fx burn-death @{-ABC} Result: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'substring' of undefined", no effect displayed. The syntax described on the wiki is so simple that I can't imagine what else it could be. What am I missing here?

Are you using -ABC as a placeholder? Try this: /fx burn-death @{target|token_id}

Oh, those were supposed to be literal  - I assumed that meant "put the token ID for the target in here when you actually enter the command". What if I want an API script to spawn an effect on a specific token? Is there a format for that? As in: var id = token.get('_id'); var fxCommand = '/fx burst-death '; // Something else goes here sendChat("Wizard", fxCommand);

Well, hardcoding the token_id will definitely work, provided that token still exists. &nbsp;The API doesn't need a token id as it can just spawn an effect at a location directly:&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Utility_Functions#Spec" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Utility_Functions#Spec</a>...

And THAT's what I was overlooking. Thanks for the help!

No worries! &nbsp;Feel free to post any API questions in the API forum and they'll get pounced on post haste! &nbsp;=D