calling roll in sheet from an api script

Hi I want to make a call in my api script to use a roll from a character sheet. I use  sendChat(msg.who, text); where text is generated in the api script and looks like this: @{charactersName|rollSomething} The way via sendChat brings an error:  SyntaxError: Expected "[" or [ |\t] but "?" found. undefined But when I copy the text from my logs to the chat it works fine.

I'm not a scripter, but if you can post more of your script and the character sheet you'll probably get a more detailed answer from others who are more knowledgable than me. But I'm pretty sure  @{charactersName|rollSomething}  will not call for a roll, but an attribute reference.  For a roll you'll need  %{charactersName|rollSomething} . 

Yeah, if you can show exactly what the string is that you are sending a bit of the code it will help.

Here is my code: on("chat:message", function(msg) {     if (msg.type == "api" && msg.content.indexOf("!attribut ") !== -1) {         //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------         // Parameter zerlegen         // !attribut Name#?{Attribut|Charisma,CHA|Geschicklichkeit,DEX|Verstand,MIN|Geist,SPI|Stärke,STR}         //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------         var command   = msg.content.replace("!attribut ", "");         var teile     = command.split('#');         var wer       = teile[0];         var was       = teile[1];         var text = "@{" + wer + "|roll" + was + "}";         log("text=" + text);         sendChat(msg.who, text);     } }); I tried % instead of @ as suggested by Jarren. There is no error message if I do so. But in chat only the text charactersName|rollSomething is shown instead of doing the roll. @Jarren: If I type @{charactersName|rollSomething} in the inputfield of the roll20 chat the roll is done. I think attributes with names starting with roll are interpreted in a different way if there is a button with type="roll" and the right name in the sheets html. The sheet I am using is the TORG Eternity sheet. A string doing fine in chat but not via sendChat was "@{Pater Alejandro Reyes|rollCHA}".

As I understand it, you cannot sendChat using the UI version of the input through the api. I believe you need to do something like this  let char = findObjs({ type: 'character', name:'TestChar', }); let rollCha = findObjs({ type: 'attribute', name: 'rollCHA', characterid: char[0].id }); Where TestChar would be the received name. From there you can get the string version of the input with something like "str = rollCha[0].get('current')". I believe you'll find more information about what you are doing here . I would have to tinker more to determine what next to with the attribute to send it into chat properly but this is a start. But also there's a lot more people who are smarterer than me that might be able to chime in. Edit: I believe getAttrByName might also be an option if there's nothing being manipulated.

Thank you very much. With your help I got a long hard to read command which I could modify to do everything I wanted to do with my API script. Best thing is: All I am using now is just a long macro, no API is needed.

Oh even better!