Currently I have this working code:
on run
set info to ""
tell application "System Events"
set num to count (every process whose name is "iTunes")
end tell
if num > 0 then
tell application "iTunes"
if player state is playing then
set albumName to (get album of current track)
end if
end tell
end if
return text 1 thru 10 of albumName
end run
if running iTunes and live albums are formatted correctly (YYYY-MM-DD) - this will bring back the date of a live album. I'd like to now take the result of "return text 1 thru 10 of albumName" and add it to this code:
tell application "Firefox" to activate
tell application "Firefox"
open location "http://someband.com/showID=" & *[insert code for "text 1 thr 10 of albumName" variable]*
end tell
I know the "&" isn't correct but I thought that was the start. The way this should work is if I'm listening to "2013-03-12 Live on StackOverflow" I want the script to take "2013-03-12" and append it to my link so Firefox opens website address: "http://someband.com/showID=2013-03-12"
...make sense? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Try:
if application "iTunes" is not running then return
tell application "iTunes"
if player state is playing then
set albumName to (get album of current track)
end if
end tell
set myText to text 1 thru 10 of albumName
-- Assuming Firefox is your default browser…
open location "http://someband.com/showID=" & myText
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I have a script that downloads a report from an online service, waits a specified amount of time e.g. 30secs for the file to actually download and then renames the file. The script then repeats
What I would like to do is instead of putting a static delay in the script, to create a trigger that looks for the new file and once it appears triggers the renaming portion of the script.
The downloaded file name is constant.
The current portion of the script looks like this
`
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
delay Wait_Time
key code 125
tell application "Finder"
set name of (selection as alias) to (the clipboard)
end tell
end tell
ultimately what I would like is to replace the delay Wait_Time with a something like:
repeat until file name found
Search Folder for "file name"
end repeat
select new file
rename new file to clipboard
obviously this wont work but it kind of captures my logic.
I have also tried a few other possible solutions but Im new to AppleScript and not overly confident that these approaches are suitable for my application.
The below is an example of a solution I have tried. This is just an example and im not sure if this particular code can even get me to where I need to be. I thought I would include it to show just how lost I am.
set excludes to {"Folder", "Application"}
tell application "Finder"
set search_folder to folder "Macintosh HD:Users:XXXXXXXX:Library:CloudStorage:OneDrive-Flinders:Flinders Connect Stats:Source Stats:Cisco Finesse:Agent State Summary by Interval Report"
set foundItems to (every item in search_folder whose name contains "Agent State Summary by Interval Report" and kind is not in excludes) as alias list
if foundItems is {} then return
repeat with once from 1 to 100
try
if (count of foundItems) = 1 then
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
key code 125
tell application "Finder"
set name of (selection as alias) to (the clipboard)
end tell
end tell
exit repeat
end if
end try
end repeat
return
end tell
Im sure you can see I have no idea what im doing.
Anyway any help would be awesome!
I have found a solution... if anyone has ideas for improvement please let me know.
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
repeat until (exists (files of folder folderPath whose name contains "Agent State Summary by Interval Report"))
delay 1
end repeat
end tell
tell application "System Events"
key code 125
tell application "Finder"
set name of (selection as alias) to (the clipboard)
end tell
end tell
end repeat
say "Finished!"
display dialog "Completed"
The original solution was found here AppleScript: How to repeat a search for a file until it is found?
Someone tried to help me set up a keyboard macro using a program called keyboard maestro on macos to control youtube, his example had safari:
set tabURL to "YouTube.com"
tell application "Safari"
set windowsList to index of every window
repeat with i in windowsList
try
tell window i
set current tab to (first tab whose URL contains tabURL)
end tell
set index of window i to 1
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
It worked, I simply changed the name safari to google chrome, I put in this code:
set tabURL to "YouTube.com"
tell application "Google Chrome"
set windowsList to index of every window
repeat with i in windowsList
try
tell window i
set current tab to (first tab whose URL contains tabURL)
end tell
set index of window i to 1
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
it gave me this error message
2020-09-10 15:02:26 Execute an AppleScript failed with script error: text-script:165:176: script error: A class name can’t go after this identifier. (-2740)
what does it mean? any help appreciated.
tell application "Google Chrome"
repeat with thisWindow in windows
set cnt to 1
repeat with thisTab in (tabs of thisWindow)
if URL of thisTab contains "youtube.com" then
set active tab index of thisWindow to cnt
set index of thisWindow to 1
exit repeat
end if
set cnt to cnt + 1
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
this is the fix if anyone cares.
I'd like an easy way to switch from a Spotify release to the same release in Apple Music.
I already found a way to search for the currently playing Spotify track in the Apple Music web player with Applescript:
tell application "Spotify"
if player state is not stopped then
set currentArtist to artist of current track as string
set currentTrack to name of current track as string
open location "https://music.apple.com/search?term=" & currentArtist & " " & currentTrack
end if
end tell
I'd love to:
Open the search in the native Music.app, not the web player. Is this supported?
Ideally not do a search, but go straight to the same release. Maybe with ISRC codes?
Take any selected Spotify track, not just the currently playing one. Looking at the Spotify Applescript dictionary tells me this in not possible.
had a similar problem right now and quickly hacked it out. In my case I want to simply trigger a search on the Music app.
Opened Automator and created a new "Service".
Workflow receives current > "Text" > in "every application".
Here's the AppleScript:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Music"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Music"
set window_name to name of front window
set value of text field 1 of UI element 1 of row 1 of outline 1 of splitter group 1 of window window_name to input
keystroke ""
key code 36
end tell
end tell
return input
end run
I saved it as "Find on Music" in Automator and now I can select text, right click > Service > Find on Music and Music plops open and shows me the results for the selected text. I hope you can use some parts of it.
I just figured out how to pass text from wherever to the search field in Music, with help from daemon's answer, which no longer works. This should work for what you want to do in conjunction with what you have.
Replace your "open location" line with a variable name for your concatenated string. Add this code below yours and pass that variable in place of 'input' (in my case 'input' is text from any application, which I use to select text of an artist name in an email/webpage/message that I want to send to Music's search).
First it checks to see if the main Music window is open vs the MiniPlayer, and open it if not to enable search via cmd-O, the cmd-F to find, then passes the input and hits return:
tell application "Music"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
if not (exists (window "Music" of process "Music")) then
tell process "Music"
keystroke "0" using command down
end tell
end if
tell process "Music"
keystroke "f" using command down
keystroke input
key code 36
end tell
end tell
So, something like this (I don't have Spotify to check that section, but this should work assuming your code there is correct):
tell application "Spotify"
if player state is not stopped then
set currentArtist to artist of current track as string
set currentTrack to name of current track as string
set spotTrack to currentArtist & " " & currentTrack
end if
end tell
tell application "Music"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
if not (exists (window "Music" of process "Music")) then
tell process "Music"
keystroke "0" using command down
end tell
end if
tell process "Music"
keystroke "f" using command down
keystroke spotTrack
key code 36
end tell
end tell
The only thing I couldn't figure out is how to check if the search field is already in focus, because if it is, the cmd-F causes a system alert sound. Generally not an issue as typically you'll search and interact with something else before running this script again, so calling it good. :)
I made the following code to open a website, insert some required text, click "View", and download the resulting document. It runs perfectly if I manually click on it. It also works if I schedule a calendar event to call it when I am sitting in front of my Mac. I have tried every combination of keeping the display on/off and screen unlocked/locked. For some reason, it doesn't seem to work at 5:30am and 2:00pm when I set it to run. I have checked to make sure the disk and Mac are not going to sleep as well. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
--Quit Safari before the program starts
tell application "Safari"
close every window
end tell
--empty "Downloads" folder
tell application "System Events"
delete (every file of folder ("/Users/97pubs/Downloads"))
end tell
--opens DINS website
tell application "Safari"
make new document with properties {URL:"https://www.notams.faa.gov/dinsQueryWeb/"}
activate
ignoring white space
tell front document to repeat until its text contains "About DINS"
end repeat
end ignoring
log "Finished loading"
end tell
delay 2
--Function to press DoD banner on DINS website
to clickClassName(theClassName, elementnum)
tell application "Safari"
do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('" & theClassName & "')[" & elementnum & "].click();" in document 1
end tell
end clickClassName
clickClassName("ui-state-default", 0)
delay 2
--Function to input ICAO abbreviations on the page
to inputByName(theName, num, theValue)
tell application "Safari"
do JavaScript "
document.getElementsByName('" & theName & "')[" & num & "].value ='" & theValue & "';" in document 1
end tell
end inputByName
inputByName("retrieveLocId", 0, "kmaf")
delay 2
--Function to click "View NOTAMs" on page
to clickName(theName, elementnum)
tell application "Safari"
do JavaScript "document.getElementsByName('" & theName & "')[" & elementnum & "].click();" in document 1
end tell
end clickName
--Clicks "View NOTAMs" on page
clickName("submit", 0)
--Waits for next window to completely load before continuing
tell current application
tell application "Safari"
tell window 1
repeat until (exists tab 2)
delay 1
end repeat
ignoring white space
tell front tab to repeat until its text contains "DINS Disclaimer"
end repeat
end ignoring
end tell
end tell
end tell
delay 1
--Clicks "Save all NOTAMs" on page
clickName("button", 1)
delay 2
--Waits for download to complete before continuing
set someFolder to "/Users/path/to/save/location/" -- put your download folder path here
if not (waitForFilesToCopy into someFolder for (10 * minutes)) then
display alert "Error with downloads" message "The downloads did not complete in the time allowed."
if button returned of the result is "Cancel" then error -128
end if
to waitForFilesToCopy into theFolder for timeToWait
(*
waits up to the timeToWait for files to be copied/downloaded to theFolder the test is based on the size of the folder not changing after several seconds the rough timeToWait may need to be adjusted if copying several files/folders parameters - theFolder [mixed]: the folder to check timeToWait [integer]: a maximum timeout value in seconds returns [boolean]: true if copy/download finished, false if timeout
*)
set {theFolder, possible, interval} to {theFolder as text, false, 2} -- change the check interval as desired
tell application "System Events" to set currentSize to size of disk item theFolder -- get initial size
repeat (timeToWait div interval) times -- check every interval seconds
delay interval
tell application "System Events" to set newSize to size of disk item theFolder -- recheck size
if (newSize is equal to currentSize) then
if possible then -- no change since last time
return true -- success
else -- one more time...
set possible to true
end if
else -- update size & possible switch
set {currentSize, possible} to {newSize, false}
end if
end repeat
return false -- fail (timeout)
end waitForFilesToCopy
--Rename PDF to "5 Local NOTAMs.pdf"
tell application "System Events" to set name of file "/Users/path/to/save/location/temp.pdf" to "5 Local NOTAMs.pdf"
--Move NOTAMs to "CrewPapers" folder
tell application "Finder"
move POSIX file "/Users/path/to/save/location/5 Local NOTAMs.pdf" to POSIX file "/Users/path/to/new/location" with replacing
end tell
--Close Safari and Preview windows
tell application "Safari"
close every window
end tell
tell application "Preview"
close every window
end tell
I am trying to write an applescript script that resizes all open windows. In order to make sure that I'm getting to all the windows, I'm making my script say the name of the application as well as the number of open windows of that application.
Interestingly, while I hear the names of all my open applications, my script says that they all have 0 windows open. How can I fix this issue?
Here's my code:
tell application "System Events"
repeat with theProcess in (every process)
if background only of theProcess is false then
if name of theProcess is not "Finder" then
if name of theProcess is "Google Chrome" then
say "Chrome woo hoo"
say (count windows as string)
else
say name of theProcess as string
say (count windows as string)
tell theProcess
repeat with theWindow in windows
say "found a window of"
say (name of theProcess) as string
tell theWindow
click button 2
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end if
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.5, using automator 2.2.4 to write/run this applescript
You have to tell the process to count windows. After all it's the process that knows about its windows, not system events.
You have told the process to say its name e.g. "say name of theProcess as string" however you only use "say (count windows as string)"... no process is tied to that. Try "count windows of theProcess". Basically you have lines where sometimes you tell the process, other times you don't, and other times where you tell the process even though you've already told the process, so you do it twice. That's where you have "say (name of theProcess) as string" but that code is inside a "tell theProcess" block so it's already being told to theProcess.
Really you need to go through your code and be more precise. A tip... if you want to click a button in a window then the window must be frontmost on the screen otherwise you can't click it. Another tip... "name" is already a string so you don't need to coerce that to a string.
By the way, I agree with Michael Dautermann's comment to your post... there will be processes where you won't get access. But you'll find that out as you progress.
Here's how I would write your code. Basically I would get all of the variables at the beginning using a "tell theProcess" block. Then I can do stuff with those variables. I hope that helps. Notice that I only made the process frontmost which means if it has multiple windows open it will only click a button on the front window. You'll have to add code to make each window come to the front before you can click its button. Good luck.
tell application "System Events"
repeat with theProcess in processes
if not background only of theProcess then
tell theProcess
set processName to name
set theWindows to windows
end tell
set windowsCount to count of theWindows
if processName is "Google Chrome" then
say "Chrome woo hoo"
say windowsCount as text
else if processName is not "Finder" then
say processName
say windowsCount as text
if windowsCount is greater than 0 then
repeat with theWindow in theWindows
say "found a window of " & processName
tell theProcess
set frontmost to true
tell theWindow
click button 2
end tell
end tell
end repeat
end if
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
I create a list of all open windows of visible applications on Mavericks like this:
tell application "System Events"
set this_info to {}
repeat with theProcess in (application processes where visible is true)
set this_info to this_info & (value of (first attribute whose name is "AXWindows") of theProcess)
end repeat
this_info -- display list in results window of AppleScript Editor
end tell
You need to allow any app using this to access the interface under Accessibility.