How can I execute an Applescript from a Python Script?

I am converting my logic from Applescript to Python. At the bottom of one of my Applescripts I execute another Applescript:

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execute script "Users:kg23:Documents:Indigo User Data:Scripts:set_entry_delay.scpt"

How can I trigger this from a Python script?

Thanks

I haven't tried it myself, but this article suggests that it might be pretty straightforward.

Using Python and AppleScript Together

Good luck!
Dave

Being a complete hack and having little general idea what I'm doing, I'd put the Applescript into an Action Group and then call the Action Group from Python.

I ended up with this

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import os
scriptFile = "/Users/kg23/Documents/Indigo\ User\ Data/Scripts/set_entry_delay.scpt"
os.system("osascript " + scriptFile)


I guess once I convert that AppleScript to Python, I'll move it to an embedded Python script inside an action group as I understand embedded scripts run faster than file-based scripts.

Thanks!

Glad you found a solution.

I found out that this solution only works from an external script. Trying to run from an embedded Python script causes a timeout error.

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  Error                           because embedded scripts execute sequentially they must complete their execution within 10 seconds.
  Error                           modify the script to exit quickly or convert it to an external file (not embedded).
  Stopping embedded script executor host (pid 6576)
  Error                           process (pid 6576) failed to quit after polite request -- forcing it to quit now


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import os
scriptFile = "/Users/kg23/Documents/Indigo\ User\ Data/Scripts/set_entry_delay.scpt"
os.system("osascript " + scriptFile)


I found out that this solution only works from an external script. Trying to run from an embedded Python script causes a timeout error.

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import os
scriptFile = "/Users/kg23/Documents/Indigo\ User\ Data/Scripts/set_entry_delay.scpt"
os.system("osascript " + scriptFile)


If your AppleScript has no output, and you do not need to wait for it to complete, you might try running the whole job in the background. This is what it would look like in the bourne shell (I have highlighted the added code):

$ osascript /Users/kg23/Documents/Indigo\ User\ Data/Scripts/set_entry_delay.scpt >/dev/null 2>&1 &

Note the redirection of standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) to /dev/null is necessary. If the shell thinks there will be output, it will not run the command in the background. You will also need to force the whole job to run in the bourne shell (sh) to use this syntax. Though, similar functionality is available in bash.