A high-level way to execute AppleScript code through Node.js, and retrieve
the result as a native JavaScript object. Underneath the hood, this
module is just a simple wrapper around the macOS osascript command.
AppleScripts are the only way to communicate and interact with certain external macOS processes, for example iTunes.
$ npm install applescriptThe node-applescript module provides execString and execFile functions
to easily execute AppleScript commands and buffer the output into a calback.
constapplescript=require('applescript');// Very basic AppleScript command. Returns the song name of each// currently selected track in iTunes as an 'Array' of 'String's.constscript='tell application "iTunes" to get name of selection';applescript.execString(script,(err,rtn)=>{if(err){// Something went wrong!}if(Array.isArray(rtn)){for(constsongNameofrtn){console.log(songName);}}});execFile works the exact same way, except you pass the path of the AppleScript
(*.applescript) file as the first argument instead of the command itself, and you
may pass an optional Array of String arguments to send to the applescript file.
The node-applescript module is licensed under the MIT license, of course!