I'd like to change a notification that I receive from the network in order to add a callback action. I don't have control of the client originating the notification, but I've found that Growl supports AppleScript with the ability to change notifications in /Users/USER/Library/Application Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules.scpt. What I want to do is set the callback url to a local executable, so that when the notification is clicked the executable does something.
Unfortunately, with Growl 2.x sandboxed in OSX, I can't seem to find a documented method to make this work. I've tried placing my file in both /Users/USER/Library/Application Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules and /Users/dpotter/Library/Containers/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Data, yet Growl still shows "No such file or directory". I'm beginning to think that there's a more general reason for this and that it may not be related to the file itself, as I get the same error even when the URL is changed to something trivial, like "http://www.google.com";. Does anyone have experience with setting the callback URL in a notification with Rules.scpt? Or, if there's another way to do this except for changing the notification as sent by the client, I'd be willing to explore that as well. I've found that my executable works as a ScriptAction, but I only want it to run when the notification is clicked. 5/18/16 2:17:11.667 PM Growl[9624]: completion error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory" UserInfo={NSURL=file://localhost/Users/USER/Library/Application%20Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules.scpt, NSLocalizedFailureReason=/Users/USER/Library/Application Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules.scpt:246:371: execution error: Can’t get URL "file:///ActivateVMware". (-1728) } 5/18/16 2:44:47.754 PM Growl[9624]: completion error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory" UserInfo={NSURL=file://localhost/Users/USER/Library/Application%20Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules.scpt, NSLocalizedFailureReason=/Users/USER/Library/Application Scripts/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Rules.scpt:321:383: execution error: Can’t get URL "http://www.google.com";. (-1728) } Rules.scpt: using terms from application "Growl" on evaluate notification with notification ignoring case --Rules go in here --Ultimately return what you want Growl to do with the notification if notification's app name is "Outlook" then --set the notification's callback to url "file:///ActivateVMware" set the notification's callback to url "http://www.google.com"; return {notification return:notification} end if end ignoring end evaluate notification end using terms from ActivateVMware: #!/usr/bin/env osascript tell application "VMware Fusion" reopen -- unminimizes the first minimized window or makes a new default window activate -- makes the app frontmost end tell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
