Applescript To HTML Code

ashtml
version 0.2

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download the compiled command line tool

Thank you to Martin Michel who posted the code for this on the MacScripter website.
I have made a few modifications to the code and am posting those here.
You can see the original post here.

With this code you can create a command line tool which will convert an applescript script or application
into an html document suitable for posting as a web page. Formatting and coloring of the script
is preserved in the html file.

Version 0.2 mods are as follows:
1. added a check for a help flag (i.e. -h) such that the basic usage of the tool is written to stdOut
2. added support for “scptd” files. Previously they were seen as directories and thus would not process.

Source Code for ashtml.m:

//

// created 03.05.2009 by Martin Michel

// modified 06.11.2009 by Hank McShane

// version: 0.2

// requires: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

// http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=29142

// Usage:

// ashtml -input /path/to/applescript/file -output /path/to/HTML/file

// This foundation tool converts AppleScript code to an HTML document.

// If you do not specify an output path for the HTML document, then ashtml

// saves the HTML document in the same directory as the original

// AppleScript file with the same name and with an html file extension:

// ../Folder/example.scpt -> ../Folder/example.html

// The application will not replace existing HTML files.

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>

#import <ScreenSaver/ScreenSaver.h>

// Returns the file path of an unused temporary file

// (e.g. /var/folders/NU/.../1023.tmp)

NSString *getTempFilePath (NSString *extension) {

NSString *tempDirectory = NSTemporaryDirectory();

NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

NSString *tempFilePath;

BOOL pathExists = YES;

while (pathExists == YES) {

// creating a random integer value between 1000 and 9999 with

// a convenient function found in the ScreenSaver framework

int randnum = SSRandomIntBetween(1000, 9999);

// e.g. /TemporaryDirectory/8765.tmp

tempFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%d.%@", tempDirectory, randnum, extension];

if ([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:tempFilePath] == NO) {

pathExists = NO;

}

// tempFilePath is an autoreleased object (created with [NSSString stringWithFormat])

return tempFilePath;

}

// converts the source code of an AppleScript file to an HTML document

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {

NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

// see if help is being requested

NSArray* pInfo = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:[[NSProcessInfo processInfo] arguments]];

if ([pInfo count] == 1 || [[pInfo objectAtIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"h"] || [[pInfo objectAtIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"-h"]) {

printf("Usage:\nashtml -input /path/to/applescript/file -output /path/to/HTML/file\n\nThis foundation tool converts AppleScript code to an HTML document.\nIf you do not specify an output path for the HTML document, then ashtml\nsaves the HTML document in the same directory as the original\nAppleScript file with the same name and with an html file extension.\n\nNote: The application will not replace existing HTML files.\n\n");

return 1;

}

[pInfo release];

// reading the command line arguments

NSString* asFilePath = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"input"];

if (asFilePath == NULL) {

printf("ERROR: Missing AppleScript file\n");

return 1;

}

// does the given AppleScript file path really exist or point to a directory?

NSFileManager* fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

BOOL isDir;

if ([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:asFilePath isDirectory:&isDir] == NO) {

printf("ERROR: The AppleScript file path does not exist: %s\n", [asFilePath UTF8String]);

return 1;

} else {

if ((isDir == YES) && (([asFilePath hasSuffix:@".app"] == NO) && ([asFilePath hasSuffix:@".app/"] == NO) && ([asFilePath hasSuffix:@".scptd"] == NO))) {

printf("ERROR: The AppleScript path points to a directory: %s\n", [asFilePath UTF8String]);

return 1;

}

// initializing the AppleScript object

NSURL* asFileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:asFilePath];

NSDictionary* asErrorDict;

NSAppleScript* appleScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:asFileURL error:&asErrorDict];

if (appleScript == nil) {

NSString* asErrorMessage = [asErrorDict objectForKey:@"NSAppleScriptErrorMessage"];

printf("ERROR: Could not create an AppleScript object from the given file:\n%s\n%s\n", [asFilePath UTF8String], [asErrorMessage UTF8String]);

return 1;

}

// can we successfully compile the AppleScript code?

BOOL asCompileSuccess = [appleScript compileAndReturnError:&asErrorDict];

if (asCompileSuccess == NO) {

NSString* asErrorMessage = [asErrorDict objectForKey:@"NSAppleScriptErrorMessage"];

printf("ERROR: Could not compile the code from the given AppleScript file:\n%s\n%s\n", [asFilePath UTF8String], [asErrorMessage UTF8String]);

return 1;

}

// getting the AppleScript source code as rich text

NSAttributedString* appleScriptCode = [appleScript richTextSource];

[appleScript release];

// conversion to RTF

NSData* rtfData = [appleScriptCode RTFFromRange:NSMakeRange(0, [appleScriptCode length]) documentAttributes:nil];

NSString* tmpFilePath = getTempFilePath(@"rtf");

BOOL rtfWriteSuccess = [rtfData writeToFile:tmpFilePath atomically:NO];

if (rtfWriteSuccess == NO) {

printf("ERROR: Could not write temporary RTF file: %s\n", [tmpFilePath UTF8String]);

return 1;

}

// determining the output path for the HTML file

NSString* htmlFilePath = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"output"];

if (htmlFilePath == nil || [htmlFilePath isEqualToString:@""]) {

if ([asFilePath hasSuffix:@".scpt"] == YES) {