IndigoServer and Scriptbridge

I looked through the forums and didn't see anything on this. Has anyone put together the .h file to support IndigoServer and the ScriptBridge in Cocoa/ObjC ?

Thanks,
scott

[jay (support)]

I don't think so - I'm not even sure the script bridge is being developed or supported by Apple any more. We haven't expanded Indigo's AppleScript implementation since Indigo 4; rather, we recommend using our Python-based scripting instead.

To control Indigo via a Cocoa application, a better idea would be to just use the RESTful API with the standard Cocoa HTTP APIs. That's what developers of other products are using.

Apparently my last reply didn't get posted. Scriptbridge is alive and well and will likely stay around until iTune is re-done without applescript. I'm using it in another project for getting stuff from TiVo's (https://github.com/dscottbuch/ctivo).

In any case I've used the Rest API to get the information I need and now I I'm replicating my applescript irrigation script in python. In applescript I was able to create temporary actions each day to carry out the daily watering schedule

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         if ezflag then
            set ezaction to make new time date action with properties {date trigger type:absolute, absolute trigger time:((current date) + del), auto delete:true, name:"_EZRainBack_Schedule"}
            --set date trigger type of ezaction to absolute
            --set absolute trigger time of ezaction to ((current date) + del)
            --set auto delete of ezaction to true
            set zact_step to action step 1 of ezaction
            set action type of zact_step to controlSprinkler
            set device name of zact_step to "EZRainBack"
            set sprinkler action of zact_step to runSchedule
            set zone durations of zact_step to zone_times
            --set absolute trigger time of ezaction to ((current date) + del)
            --set name of ezaction to "_EZRain_Schedule"
         end if

I've found the schedule item in the IOM in python and it seems to have the same properties (for which I can infer the mapping) but they all seem to be read-only. For example if I do

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>>> s = indigo.schedule.create("mytest","This is a test")
>>> s.autoDelete = True
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: the attribute "autoDelete" is read-only on this instance
>>>

Which seems to be true for most properties. Is there something I'm missing. If I change the properties in the Server and the refreshFromServer they're reflected properly.

scott

[matt (support)]

Hi Scott,

The Indigo model/API for the schedule objects is incomplete, so for that you'll need to fallback to using AppleScript for the time being.

OK. Thanks. I'll put this project on hold for now. Any timeline?

[matt (support)]

It is definitely on my ToDo list and will get done, but not near the top. So no realistic ETA yet.