MacPython/Growl/AppleScriptSupport

Translated examples from Growl's AppleScript Support page:

• Basics

  •  1 #!/usr/bin/pythonw
     2 from appscript import *
     3 
     4 # connect to Growl
     5 growl = app('GrowlHelperApp')
     6 
     7 # Make a list of all the notification types 
     8 # that this script will ever send:
     9 allNotificationsList = ['Test Notification', 'Another Test Notification']
     10 
     11 # Make a list of the notifications 
     12 # that will be enabled by default. 
     13 # Those not enabled by default can be enabled later 
     14 # in the 'Applications' tab of the growl prefpane.
     15 enabledNotificationsList = ['Test Notification']
     16 
     17 # Register our script with growl.
     18 # You can optionally (as here) set a default icon 
     19 # for this script's notifications.
     20 growl.register(
     21  as_application='Growl Appscript Sample', 
     22  all_notifications=allNotificationsList, 
     23  default_notifications=enabledNotificationsList, 
     24  icon_of_application='PythonIDE')
     25 
     26 # Send a Notification...
     27 growl.notify(
     28  with_name='Test Notification', 
     29  title='Test Notification', 
     30  description='This is a test Appscript notification.', 
     31  application_name='Growl Appscript Sample')
     32 
     33 # Another one...
     34 growl.notify(
     35  with_name='Another Test Notification', 
     36  title='Another Test Notification :) ', 
     37  description='Alas - you won\'t see me until you enable me...', 
     38  application_name='Growl Appscript Sample')
    

• Notifications using Images

  • Application Icons

    •  1 growl.notify( 
       2  with_name="Some Notification",
       3  title="This is a Notification with an App Icon",
       4  description="We are using an Application Icon...",
       5  application_name="Growl /AppleScript Sample",
       6  icon_of_application="Script Editor.app")
      

  • File Icons

    •  1 growl.notify(
       2  with_name="Some Notification",
       3  title="This is a Notification with an File Icon",
       4  description="We are using a File's Icon...",
       5  application_name="Growl /AppleScript Sample",
       6  icon_of_file="file:///Users/someone/Growl")
      

  • Image Files

    •  1 growl.notify(
       2  with_name "Some Notification",
       3  title="This is a Notification with an Image File",
       4  description="We are using an Image File...",
       5  application_name="Growl /AppleScript Sample",
       6  image_from_location="file:///Users/someone/pictures/stopWatch.png")
      

  • Image Data

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