MacRuby, ApplesScript and Skype?
I'm looking to do some scripted control of Skype, and not able to get too far with MacRuby. Please let me know if this is not the proper forum to ask, thanks. I can find the app:
skype = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.skype.skype")
And I see in the Applescript editor that there is a single command called "send" that matches the Skype documentation. I can't seem to invoke it, asking for suggestions. The list of available functions shows a few relevant details:
skype.methods(true,true) - Object.methods(true,true)
(This is trimmed): :classesForScriptingNames, :classNamesForCodes, :"sendCommand:scriptName:", :classForScriptingClass, :setDelegate, :delegate, and then a handful of init methods. It looks like ':"sendCommand:scriptName:"' is that doorway into AppleScript, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't see "send" anywhere, and I don't know if that's an issue as it is also a standard Ruby method. Ideas anyone? Thanks, - Mike G
Hi Mike, I had a quick look at the skype scripting dictionary and it does appear that "sendCommand:scriptName:" is all that's on offer. I assume that ScriptingBridge has renamed the "send" comand like this to fit in with the way that mehods need to be called from Objective C. I don't know the skype api so I can't give you a real example, but you might try calling it like this:
skype.sendCommand("some skype command string" , scriptName: 'your_script_name')
When I do this exactly as coded above I do see a skype dialog, so something gets through. Good luck. Steve On 30 May 2012, at 16:23, Mike Gleeson wrote:
I'm looking to do some scripted control of Skype, and not able to get too far with MacRuby. Please let me know if this is not the proper forum to ask, thanks.
I can find the app:
skype = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.skype.skype")
And I see in the Applescript editor that there is a single command called "send" that matches the Skype documentation. I can't seem to invoke it, asking for suggestions.
The list of available functions shows a few relevant details:
skype.methods(true,true) - Object.methods(true,true)
(This is trimmed): :classesForScriptingNames, :classNamesForCodes, :"sendCommand:scriptName:", :classForScriptingClass, :setDelegate, :delegate, and then a handful of init methods.
It looks like ':"sendCommand:scriptName:"' is that doorway into AppleScript, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't see "send" anywhere, and I don't know if that's an issue as it is also a standard Ruby method.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks,
- Mike G _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
You could try generating the Skype Scripting Bridge header. That will at least give you better documentation on what Skype's SB API looks like. Take a look here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Scri... quick and dirty in the terminal: sdef /Path/To/Skype.app | sdp -fh --basename Skype If Skype is using constants that are defined in the header that is generated, then you will need to generate a BridgeSupport file from the header and load that in your MacRuby script. Good tutorial here: http://merbist.com/2010/01/17/controlling-itunes-with-macruby/ hth kam On May 30, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Steve Clarke wrote:
Hi Mike,
I had a quick look at the skype scripting dictionary and it does appear that "sendCommand:scriptName:" is all that's on offer. I assume that ScriptingBridge has renamed the "send" comand like this to fit in with the way that mehods need to be called from Objective C.
I don't know the skype api so I can't give you a real example, but you might try calling it like this:
skype.sendCommand("some skype command string" , scriptName: 'your_script_name')
When I do this exactly as coded above I do see a skype dialog, so something gets through.
Good luck.
Steve
On 30 May 2012, at 16:23, Mike Gleeson wrote:
I'm looking to do some scripted control of Skype, and not able to get too far with MacRuby. Please let me know if this is not the proper forum to ask, thanks.
I can find the app:
skype = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.skype.skype")
And I see in the Applescript editor that there is a single command called "send" that matches the Skype documentation. I can't seem to invoke it, asking for suggestions.
The list of available functions shows a few relevant details:
skype.methods(true,true) - Object.methods(true,true)
(This is trimmed): :classesForScriptingNames, :classNamesForCodes, :"sendCommand:scriptName:", :classForScriptingClass, :setDelegate, :delegate, and then a handful of init methods.
It looks like ':"sendCommand:scriptName:"' is that doorway into AppleScript, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't see "send" anywhere, and I don't know if that's an issue as it is also a standard Ruby method.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks,
- Mike G _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
_______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
Not sure what you're trying to script with Skype, but here's some AppleScripts (yuck!) that I wrote for Skype a while back to dial into a conference call. It was a pain in the butt to write so I'd love if someone else could get some use out of them. :-) https://github.com/msabramo/skype-applescripts -Marc http://marc-abramowitz.com Sent from my iPhone 4 On May 30, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Mike Gleeson <mgleeson@current.com> wrote:
I'm looking to do some scripted control of Skype, and not able to get too far with MacRuby. Please let me know if this is not the proper forum to ask, thanks.
I can find the app:
skype = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.skype.skype")
And I see in the Applescript editor that there is a single command called "send" that matches the Skype documentation. I can't seem to invoke it, asking for suggestions.
The list of available functions shows a few relevant details:
skype.methods(true,true) - Object.methods(true,true)
(This is trimmed): :classesForScriptingNames, :classNamesForCodes, :"sendCommand:scriptName:", :classForScriptingClass, :setDelegate, :delegate, and then a handful of init methods.
It looks like ':"sendCommand:scriptName:"' is that doorway into AppleScript, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I don't see "send" anywhere, and I don't know if that's an issue as it is also a standard Ruby method.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks,
- Mike G _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
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Kam Dahlin
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Marc Abramowitz
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Mike Gleeson
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Steve Clarke