I want to periodically programmatically check whether a new SMS message has arrived from a specific sender. If it came, then I want to copy text the text to the clipboard.
using terms from application "Messages"
on message received theMessage from theBuddy for theChat with eventDescription
set the clipboard to theMessage
end message received
end using terms from
I am trying to send NEW messages using applescript through the macos messages app.
on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
tell application "Messages"
send targetMessage to buddy targetBuddyPhone of service "SMS"
end tell
end run
The above script runs fine on the condition that there is already a conversation started for the specific targetBuddyPhone in the messages app. Any ideas how to send a NEW message?.. I can't believe it isn't possible.
It could be possible to call URL from Apple Script in this form:
sms://open?addresses=+15558675309,+15558675301/&body=Text%20Here%20end!
It will not send message, but just prefill it and user will need to press Enter key.
How can you send a iMessage to a group chat? I have searched everywhere and I can't find anything. I want to send it to a group chat named something, possibly If I get a list of buddies in the chat I can send it to everyone at once? A problem may be that I'm also in the chat, so that might be a problem.
To send to an existing group chat, you will need to obtain the chat's internal guid. There are 2 methods of doing this.
Extract it from the messages.app internal database, located on disk at ~/Library/Messages/chat.db. It is the guid column under the chat table. If you have the group chat named it will be easy to find by display_name.
You can use an AppleScript handler for Messages with the on chat room message received handler to capture the ID when someone posts in that chat.
Once you have the guid (should in a format similar to iMessage;+;chat831551415676550949), you can use AppleScript to send the message.
tell application "Messages"
set myid to "iMessage;+;chat831551415676550949"
set mymessage to "Hello World"
set theBuddy to a reference to text chat id myid
send mymessage to theBuddy
end tell
To send an image, replace the mymessage text with:
set ImageAttachment to POSIX file "File path here" as alias
Can somebody show me how to send a message directly to the user of iMessage via Messages app?
tell application "Messages"
if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 1
if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 2
if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 3
send "Message" to buddy "mail of name" of service x
end tell
I need to send a message to an account only via iMessage, not via google talk, AIM, bonjour.
Thank you!
Instead of having to hard-code the iMessage service, you can find it automatically:
Save the following script as sendMessage.applescript (Note: make sure to choose the Text option).
Execute it by running: osascript sendMessage.applescript 1235551234 "Hello there!".
This will send an iMessage to the phone number 123-555-1234 containing the text "Hello there!".
sendMessage.applescript:
on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
tell application "Messages"
set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
set targetBuddy to buddy targetBuddyPhone of targetService
send targetMessage to targetBuddy
end tell
end run
As far as I do understand it you cannot start a new conversation via AppleScript. Thus the Buddy and the service must fit together and must have an ongoing conversation.
If you have the name of the buddy you could do the following
tell application "Messages"
get name of service of buddy "Buddy Name"
end tell
This will return the service name that fits to the buddy. Of course you could also use the the service id. But I like to use the name.
In the end you will be able to send a message with
tell application "Messages"
send "Text of Message" to buddy "+43 555 XXXXXXX" of service "E:example#mac.com"
end tell
This script will send a message every 10~30 seconds
tell application "Messages"
set targetBuddy to "+12025551234"
set targetService to id of 1st service whose service type = iMessage
repeat
set textMessage to "Hi there!"
set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
send textMessage to theBuddy
delay (random number from 10 to 30)
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Messages"
set myid to get id of first service
set theBuddy to buddy "mybuddy#me.com" of service id myid
send "Washer Done!" to theBuddy
end tell
I had the same question and after some searching I found the answer. In order for the "first service" to be iMessage you will need to go into iMessage Preferences Accounts and re-order the iMessage account to be the first one. After that this works like a charm.
This will also start a conversation if there is not one existing.
Hope that helps!
Examples:
get services
get name of services
get buddies
get name of buddies
Your line:
send "Test-Message" to buddy "buddy" of service "service"
seems to work if "buddy" and "service" is valid.
I have my iMessage with my Apple-ID registered, so when I execute "get name of services" I get for this service a string like
"E:myAppleID#host.com"
which I can use for "service". Buddy is just the name of your buddy, also as pure text. See "get name of buddies".
Hope it works!
Ok, I just made the following into an Automator action which grabs the logged in user´s full name, finds the matching iPhone number from Contacts, the service name, and lastly it sends the incoming text (from the previous action) to...myself on iMessage. Not very useful, at least to me at the moment, but I proved it to be possible in a way :)
set input to "Testing 123" **//This line is just for testing**
tell application "System Events"
set MyName to get full name of current user
end tell
tell application "Contacts"
set myPhone to value of phone 1 of (person 1 whose name = MyName)
whose label = "iPhone"
end tell
tell application "Messages"
set MyService to get name of service of buddy MyName
send input to buddy myPhone of service MyService
end tell
I'll preface this with the fact that I'm new to applescript...
I have iChat set up to run this script whenever a new message is received:
using terms from application "iChat"
on message received theMessage from theBuddy for theChat
set theHandle to handle of theBuddy
tell application "MyApp"
receivedInstantMessage from theHandle message theMessage
end tell
end message received
end using terms from
This works as expected an MyApp (which I'm coding) receives two strings (the handle of the buddy and the message content). The only trouble is that this script only seems to work once at least one message has been received in iChat. I.e the script seems to only work from the second message onwards. If the buddy logs out, he'll have to send two messages again before my app receives the AppleEvent.
Am I making a basic mistake here?
The first message is actually a "text invitation" so your notification script will need another handler:
on received text invitation theMessage from theBuddy for theChat
-- your tell app statement goes here
end received text invitation