Class AppleScript

macOS only. Requires Drafts 19 or greater.

AppleScript objects can be used to execute AppleScripts. It is highly recommended AppleScripts be developed and tested in Apple's Script Editor or similar AppleScript editor, and loaded in Drafts when completed.

Example

// create a local file in App documents
let method = "execute";
let script = `on execute(bodyHTML)
    tell application "Safari"
        activate
    end tell
    return "Yeah!"
end execute`;

let html = draft.processTemplate("%%[[draft]]%%");

let runner = AppleScript.create(script);
if (runner.execute(method, [html])) {
    // the AppleScript ran without error
    // if the script returned a result, it's available...
    alert(runner.lastResult);
}
else {
    alert(runner.lastError);
}

Note: When executed, AppleScripts are saved to temporary files in the Drafts' script directory at ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.agiletortoise.Drafts-OSX and run. The first time a script is executed, the user will be asked to grant permissions to the script directory.

Hierarchy

  • AppleScript

Constructors

constructor

Properties

lastError? lastResult?

Methods

execute create

Constructors

constructor

Properties

Optional lastError

lastError?: string

If a function fails, this property will contain the last error as a string message, otherwise it will be undefined.

Optional lastResult

lastResult?: object

If a the AppleScript subroutine called returns a value and it can be converted to a JavaScript object, it will be stored here. Most basic data types (string, date, numbers), as well as list and records containing those data types, can be returned.

Methods

execute

  • Compiles and executes the AppleScript code, calling the subroutine passed with the arguments.

    Parameters

    • subroutine: string

      The name of a subroutine in the AppleScript to call. Subroutines are defined using on subroutineName() syntax in the AppleScript.

    • arguments: object[]

      An array of arguments to pass to the subroutine. Most basic Javascript data types, and objects and arrays of those data types, can be passed and will be translated to the proper AppleScript types.

    Returns boolean

    true if the AppleScript was compiled and executed without error, false if not. If false, the lastError property will contain details regarding the error.

Static create

  • Convenience method to create an AppleScript object.

    Parameters

    • script: string

      A string containing the AppleScript code. This code will be compiled and executed when the execute function is called.

    Returns AppleScript

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