It would be great if AppleScript could exercise more control over Orion, especially executing JavaScript (in Safari, this command is "do JavaScript" and in Chrome it's "execute", with the ability to specify the tab or document). Automation is a power-user sort of thing and so seems right up Orion's alley!
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AppleScript Control like Safari and Chrome
I also think being able to control Orion via AppleScript would be very useful and add a lot of productivity. I had opened a similar feature suggestion some time ago (https://orionfeedback.org/d/1002-command-line-options-to-open-url-in-new-tab-or-window), in order to be able to control Orion via command-line options, similar to Firefox), e.g. to open a certain web page from an xbar menu item.
Having such functionality exposed via AppleScript would be a viable route as well. Even from shell scripts, one use osascript to call such AppleScript actions.
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The top command I'd personally like to see is "do Javascript" as it is implentend in Safari. Here's a screenshot of the command in Safari's AppleScript library:
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I agree about appleScript. Probably the best practice would be to try to implement the same commands and behavior as Safari and/or Chrome.
Might I also suggest as a resource for you in the implementation:
https://forum.latenightsw.com/
The site is run by a couple of mac automation experts and there's a lot of AppleScript experience among the members.
Also, here:
https://macscripter.net/search.php?action=show_new
There is an ongoing discussion about scripting Orion, and issues with getting results from specific commands.
Hope that's helpful
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try to use it with Alfred workflows such as “TemporaryEmail” it doesn’t work.
https://github.com/vitorgalvao/alfred-workflows/tree/master/TemporaryEmail
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Here's an example that works with Chrome, Brave, and Edge (the latter two with slight modifications). They all include the Chromium Suite. Safari includes the Safari Suite and a very similar AppleScript works for it.
This script is passed three variables from Keyboard Maestro: local_Url, local_UrlPattern, and local_ReloadTab. The script function is simple...
If the browser includes a window with a tab URL that matches local_UrlPattern (RegEx), then that tab is activated. If local_ReloadTab is "1", then the activated tab is reloaded.
If a match is not found, the browser opens local_Url in a new tab.
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
use framework "Foundation"
### Requires Keyboard Maestro 8.0.3+ ###
set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE"
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
set kmUrl to getvariable "local_Url" instance kmInst
set kmUrlPattern to getvariable "local_UrlPattern" instance kmInst
set kmReloadTab to getvariable "local_ReloadTab" instance kmInst
end tell
property NSRegularExpressionSearch : a reference to 1024
if kmUrlPattern ends with "/" then set kmUrlPattern to text 1 thru -2 of kmUrlPattern
set windowIndex to 1
tell application "Google Chrome"
repeat with theWindow in windows
set tabIndex to 1
repeat with theTab in tabs of theWindow
set theTabURL to URL of theTab
if theTabURL ends with "/" then set theTabURL to text 1 thru -2 of theTabURL
if (my regexMatch:theTabURL withPattern:kmUrlPattern) then
activate
tell window windowIndex
set active tab index to tabIndex
set index to 1
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Google Chrome"
perform action "AXRaise" of window 1
end tell
if kmReloadTab is "1" then
tell the active tab of its first window to reload
end if
return
end if
set tabIndex to tabIndex + 1
end repeat
set windowIndex to windowIndex + 1
end repeat
open location kmUrl
end tell
on regexMatch:theText withPattern:thePattern
set thePattern to "^" & thePattern & "$"
set theText to current application's NSString's stringWithString:theText
set theRange to theText's rangeOfString:thePattern options:NSRegularExpressionSearch
return (|length| of result) > 0
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Vlad Here's one—it's not possible to get the title of the front tab using document.title, apparently because do javascript isn't yet implemented. (This is being discussed currently on the Keyboard Maestro forums.)
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