Check iMessage like incoming mail

I would like to see Indigo monitor iMessages in the "Messages" application just like it does with email. I think some have tried custom scripts but it would be nice to have native support.

[jay (support)]

I haven't looked, but my suspicion is that there is no api other than AppleScript to monitor iMessages, so th script is probably as good as it gets.

Thanks.

I second this feature request as well.

It'd be nice to say to Siri "Send a text message to house saying what is the temperature?" and then get a text message back with the results. ^_^

I suspect you could do what you want with the Google Voice SMS plugin, and appropriate Python code. IMO, you don't really want to use Messages, because then you'd be sending text messages to yourself, and I'm not sure that is even possible. But if you have a GVoice number assigned to Indigo, and send SMS messages to that number, you could parse the text and reply as you want.

I suspect you could do what you want with the Google Voice SMS plugin, and appropriate Python code. IMO, you don't really want to use Messages, because then you'd be sending text messages to yourself, and I'm not sure that is even possible. But if you have a GVoice number assigned to Indigo, and send SMS messages to that number, you could parse the text and reply as you want.

You can send messages to yourself in the Messages app on iOS and OSX. I actually created an separate iMessage account for my house, so it can send me important notifications through the Messages and I receive them on all my iDevices & Macs. This type of setup is only 1 way communication though, so it'd be cool if I can send it messages and get a response back. Would be very helpful in situations where your hands are busy, but you can still do things with Siri by voice.

Can you share how you are using I message even with the one way communication


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Here's some code I use to send a file to myself from the Indigo Server. (It has an iMessage account of its own)

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-- send iMessage with screen shot
tell application "Messages"
   set screenFile to (path to desktop as text) & "filename.png"
   set myid to get id of first service
   set theBuddy to buddy "+17035551212" of service id myid
   send file screenFile to theBuddy
end tell