Questions tagged [py-appscript]
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How to get Chrome's active_tab's url by calling Python's app script?
I want to get Google Chrome's active tab's url.
In Safari,
url = appscript.app('Safari').windows.first.current_tab.URL()
Above code works, but
url = appscript.app('Google Chrome').windows.first.current_tab.URL()
it doesn't work
Do you have…
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Changing desktop in OS X Lion with Python AppScript library
My goal is to change every Mac OS X Lion background (on each Mission Control spaces and on each screen) using the py-appscript.
I've found a piece of code on SO that changes the background :
from appscript import app, mactypes
finder =…
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Set active tab in Chrome and bring it to the front
I'd like to use Python and appscript to set a given Google tab as the foremost tab. I can acquire the tab thusly:
from appscript import *
chrome = app('Google Chrome')
tab_title = 'New York Times'
win_tabs = []
for win in chrome.windows.get():
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How to access the current table in Numbers?
How do I access the current table in Numbers using py-appscript?
For posterity, the program I created using this information clears all the cells of the current table and returns the selection to cell A1. I turned it into a Service using a python…
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"OSERROR -10000 Apple event handler failed" when trying to change desktop wallpaper on Mac
I have written the following really simple python script to change the desktop wallpaper on my mac (based on this thread):
from appscript import app, mactypes
import sys
fileName =…
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Translate AppleScript to Python appscript (`do javascript`)
This is the AppleScript template:
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
set theFile to alias “Application:Documents:MyFile” open theFile
do javascript (file ) with arguments { 75,2,89 }
end tell
And I would like to…
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How do I export PSDs as PNGs with py-appscript?
I wrote a script to export PSDs as PNGs with rb-appscript. That's fine and dandy, but I can't seem to pull it off in py-appscript.
Here's the ruby code:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'optparse'
require 'appscript'
ps =…
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How to read inbox mails from Microsoft Outlook using python macOS?
I want to verify whether I am receiving an email from a "sender" with a "subject" and a particular "email" template. I have seen help links with win32 module that works for windows. I want to know the way to read the mails from my Microsoft Outlook…
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How do I access all of the menu bar icons
I'm talking about the icons that show up on the right hand side of the menu bar. I can get access to that menu bar with (py-appscript)
app(u'System Events').processes[u'SystemUIServer'].menu_bars[1]
& menu_bar_item[1], menu_bar_items[1] & so on…
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py-appscript filter with datetime
I am trying to use the day field of a datetime property as a filter when selecting events from an iCal calendar.
The following doesn't seem to work (to select all events for the current date):
cal = app("iCal").calendars["myCalender"].get()
cDate =…
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Bouncing Python Application in Mac Dock when Accessing URLs with py-appscript
This has been a recurring, strange issue for me when accessing URLs using py-appscript, first in Safari and now in Chrome.
Whenever I run the script command to get the current URL in the terminal, for example,
appscript.app("Google…
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py-appscript & events
Is it possible to subscribe to events using py-appscript ?
Example: I'd like to get a callback when a user changes a rating on iTunes.
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Reading bytestreams in Python
I'm using Python appscript to write artwork to my iTunes Songs. I have a file stored in .pict format and when I use the normal open and read routines, it reads the content as a string (encoded in utf-8).
imFile =…
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How to get multiple properties at the same time?
I am using Appscript - a Python interface to AppleScript - in a project of mine that basically gets data from a Mac application.
Here is a sample code:
asobj = app('Things').to_dos()[0]
self.id = asobj.id()
self.name = asobj.name()
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How to Unblock Appscript blocked by Google?
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask but is there a way I can allow access of scripts on my Google Account?
I have no issue from the past years but after I got a new PC, it wont authorize my App Script to run anymore.I am using someone's…
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