quickadd Movie Note generator script stopped working

Hello, the script which I originally downloaded from https://github.com/chhoumann/quickadd/blob/master/docs/docs/Examples/Macro_MovieAndSeriesScript.md is missing, so here is the version from my vault. There are few if any changes to it from the original referenced from the original.

get-user-movie.js

What I'm finding is that my templates which use things like this don't work any more:

## Movie Details
### provided by get-user-movie.js
- category:: {{VALUE:typeLink}}  
- type:: {{VALUE:Type}}
- genre:: {{VALUE:genreLinks}}
- year:: {{VALUE:Year}}
- length: {{VALUE:Runtime}} 
- director:: {{VALUE:directorLink}}
- cast:: {{VALUE:actorLinks}}
- imdbId: {{VALUE:imdbID}} 
- metarate: {{VALUE:imdbRating}}

I noticed this issue so I moved all my properties to the YAML section but it does the same thing:

---
aliases:
tags:
- <% "art/movies/db/unwatched" %>  
created: [[<% tp.date.now() %>]]
category: {{VALUE:typeLink}}  
type: {{VALUE:Type}}
genre: {{VALUE:genreLinks}}
year: {{VALUE:Year}}
length: {{VALUE:Runtime}} 
director: {{VALUE:directorLink}}
cast: {{VALUE:actorLinks}}
imdbId: {{VALUE:imdbID}} 
metarate: {{VALUE:imdbRating}} 
desire: {{VALUE:Desire to see}}
my_rating: {{VALUE:My rating}}
watched: {{VALUE: Watched True/False}}
recommended_by:: [[{{VALUE: Recommended by}}]]
plot: {{VALUE:Plot}}
script: [[get-user-movie.js]]
poster: {{VALUE:Poster}}
---
# <% tp.file.title %>

Essentially, Templater acts as if the user script has not populated the appropriate values it expects, so it's asking me the user for them:

I have a lot of plugins but I doubt this is interference from something. All are up to date, as i Obsidian.

SYSTEM INFO:

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Dec 11 '25 01:12 wealthychef1

I'm having the same issue, user script variables seem to not propagate to the template. Seems to be a bug with v2.9.0.

Until this is fixed, you can use v2.8.0. See https://quickadd.obsidian.guide/docs/ManualInstallation for manual installation steps.

Dec 11 '25 23:12 akatopo

I tried version 2.8.0 and it acts exactly the same for me. My understanding is this might be related to some API shift in a certain area critical to this particular part of QuickAdd. The dev can clarify here I hope! Apologies for not finding it atm

Dec 12 '25 05:12 wealthychef1

@wealthychef1 FYI v2.7.0 is working for me as expected

Dec 12 '25 14:12 pcuellar

:tada: This issue has been resolved in version 2.9.1 :tada:

The release is available on GitHub release

Your semantic-release bot :package::rocket:

Dec 13 '25 14:12 github-actions[bot]

Hi everyone, thank you for reporting this!

I've just merged #1015. It'll be part of the next release, which will be out shortly. Would you mind testing and letting me know if it works on your end?

I've tested and it works for me. Let me know if not!

Dec 13 '25 14:12 chhoumann

Can confirm this is working for me with v2.9.1

Dec 13 '25 16:12 pcuellar

Can confirm this is working for me with v2.9.1

It is not working for me. I'm not sure what the problem might be. Note that I am using the movie script I got a long time ago from https://github.com/chhoumann/quickadd/blob/master/docs/docs/Examples/Attachments/movies.js This link is now broken, which is another issue on this board. https://github.com/chhoumann/quickadd/issues/1009 Perhaps that's related. I'm attaching that script in case that's the problem:

get-user-movie.js

I'm no expert, but it looks like the variable fileName should be exported, but when I run the macro, I get prompted for fileName as if the script is not exporting its variables...

Strangely, I cannot find the macro definitions for quickadd in my vault, where do they live now? It used to be in .obsidian/plugins/quickadd/data.json but mine is pretty barren, no macros in sight.

data.json

The data.json file I was using is in plugins/quickadd.old/data.json, and it has the macros in it:

data.json

, and those macros match what's in the GUI:

I'm very confused... can you say something about that too?

Thanks for any help!

Dec 13 '25 19:12 wealthychef1

@wealthychef1 Maybe try creating the whole "Movie Entry" macro again (create macro, add userscript, add template choice etc.). It might be that the script is failing silently somehow but better to eliminate the easier stuff first.

Dec 13 '25 19:12 akatopo

I recreated the macro and now get the following error in the console when I run it:

I tried using the vault path and it still fails:

But the script is there for sure and is executable if that matters:

rcook@MacBook-Pro-2021 (wealthyvault (master)): ls -l bin/get-user-movie.js
-rwxrwxr-x@ 1 rcook  staff  4751 Oct 22  2024 bin/get-user-movie.js*

BTW... I notice that the file that stores these macros is .obsidian/plugins/quickadd.old/data.json I assume this is OK. .obsidian/plugins/quickadd/data.json does... what now? :-)

Dec 15 '25 20:12 wealthychef1