Installation

$ [sudo] pip install applescript

Examples

>>> import applescript
>>> r = applescript.run('return 1')
>>> r = applescript.run('path/to/file.applescript')

>>> r.code
0
>>> r.out
'hello world'
>>> r.err
''

tell application "appname"

>>> applescript.tell.app("Terminal",'do script "ls"')
>>> applescript.tell.app("Terminal",'do script "ls"',background=True)

javascript (JXA)

>>> applescript.run('...',javascript=True)

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