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Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own /AppleScript language for automating your Mac. Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own ../AppleScript language for automating your Mac.
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For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in TextEdit: {{{ For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in ../TextEdit: {{{
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 * ["/Apple Mail"]
 * ["/FileMakerPro"]
 * ["/Growl"]
 * ["/iCal"]
 * ["/iPhoto"]
 * ["/iTerm"]
 * ["/iTunes"]
 * ["/iView MediaPro"]
 * ["/OmniGraffle"]
 * ["/QuarkXPress"]
 * ["/TextEdit"]
 * ["/VoodooPad"]
 * ["/PhotoShop"]
 * ["/Illustrator"]
 * ["/SoundtrackPro"]
 * ["../Apple Mail"]
 * ["../FileMakerPro"]
 * ["../Growl"]
 * ["../iCal"]
 * ["../iPhoto"]
 * ["../iTerm"]
 * ["../iTunes"]
 * ["../iView MediaPro"]
 * ["../OmniGraffle"]
 * ["../QuarkXPress"]
 * ["../TextEdit"]
 * ["../VoodooPad"]
 * ["../PhotoShop"]
 * ["../Illustrator"]
 * ["../SoundtrackPro"]

What is Appscript?

Appscript is a high-level, user-friendly MacPython-to-Apple Event Manager bridge that allows you to control scriptable Mac OS X applications using ordinary Python scripts. Appscript makes MacPython a serious alternative to Apple's own ../AppleScript language for automating your Mac.

For example, to get the value of the first paragraph of the topmost document in ../TextEdit:

app('TextEdit').documents[1].paragraphs[1].get()

This is equivalent to the /AppleScript statement:

get paragraph 1 of document 1 of application "TextEdit"

Appscript builds upon lower-level Python packages (aem, osaterminology) to provide:

  1. an Apple event-based RPC mechanism for sending commands to applications

  2. a mechanism for converting data between common Python and Apple event types
  3. a simple embedded query language for constructing references to an application's object model

  4. a mechanism that uses application-defined terminology to present these references in human-readable form
  5. an integrated help system for exploring application terminology information
  6. a clean, object oriented-like syntax for ease of use.

See:

Application scripting notes

Pages containing additional information on scripting individual applications:

MacPython/AppscriptModule (last edited 2008-11-15 14:00:31 by localhost)

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