How to send an imessage text with applescript, only in provided service? - applescript

Question

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!

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

This script will send a message every 10~30 seconds
tell application "Messages"
set targetBuddy to "[phone]"
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

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

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!

Answer 6

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