@dtinth/osa

A package to run JavaScript for Automation (JXA) code. It is a thin wrapper around the osascript(1) command.

Example

Example: Get the presenter notes of the current presentation in the Apple Keynote app.

import osa from '@dtinth/osa'

const text = await osa(() => {
  const app = Application('Keynote')
  return app.documents[0].currentSlide.presenterNotes()
})

API

`osa(code: (…args) ⇒ result, …args) ⇒ Promise<result>`

Runs the given function in a JXA session and returns the result.

The function is executed in another process, and thus cannot access the variables outside of the scope of the function.
Arguments passed to the function and returned results must be serializable to JSON.