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Sending file objects using AppleScript + bash

I'm hoping to programmatically send files via imessage, yet cannot figure out how to send a file object via the API.

This script send a message to a specified user with the file path:

imessage() {
    file="$PWD/$2";
    osascript -e 'tell application "Messages" to send '\"$file\"' to buddy '\"$1\"';
}

How can I send the actual file? A pointer to the docs for this would also be helpful.

Solution

  • It seems that the easiest way to do this is to create an AppleScript file and call this via bash as demonstrated here https://gist.github.com/homam/0119797f5870d046a362.

    AppleScript - sendmessage.scpt

    on run argv
    set filename to item 1 of argv
    set buddyName to item 2 of argv
    set attach to POSIX file filename
    tell application "Messages" to send attach to buddy buddyName
end run

    Bash script

    imessage() {
    osascript sendmessage.scpt "$PWD/$2" "$1";
}