AppleScript-droplet

A template for creating Droplets for Mac OS X that will pass dropped files to an embedded script

How to use

1. Replace the script.sh file in "Show Package Contents" Contents/Resources/Scripts with the script you want run
2. There is no step 2

How to edit

The only "drag-and-droppable" save option for AppleScript is "File Format: Application". This has the side effect of not allowing you to right click the app in Finder and choose "Open with...". To edit, you have to either drag this app on top of the AppleScript Editor app, or from the command line do:

open -b com.apple.ScriptEditor2 script2droplet-droplet.app

Editing the AppleScript will allow you to change 3 options:

## Set use_terminal to true to run the script in a terminal
set use_terminal to true
## Set exit_terminal to true to leave the terminal session open after script runs
set exit_terminal to true
## Set log_file to a file path to have the output captured
set log_file to "/tmp/droplet.log"

Making git binary friendly

Because AppleScript stores its code in a binary format, it is difficult to use with version control. The included .gitconfig can be added to your .git/config to allow text conversion before diffing. It complements the included .gitattributes file

Add it to your .git/config like so:

cat .gitconfig >> .git/config

Alternatively, you can use a git 1.7.10+ style include by adding these lines to your .git/config

[include]
    path = .gitconfig

Sample scripts

file.sh

Just uses the BSD command "file" to return info about each of the dropped files. A copy of this is used as the default script.sh in AppleScript-droplet.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/

script2droplet.sh

This is a script that, when placed in a droplet, will create a droplet from the dragged script. Yo dawg!

dropbox.sh

Uploads each of the dropped files to a configurable folder in Dropbox and returns (and copies) the public URL (assuming you have configured it to use a public folder). Requires Dropbox-Uploader be installed and configured in advance.

imgur.sh

Uploads each of the dropped files to imgur and returns (and copies) the public URL. Currently these are anonymous. (patches welcome)

Using the sample Scripts

Dropbox

Create a new Dropbox Droplet like so:

cp -r AppleScript-droplet.app Dropbox-droplet.app
cp scripts/dropbox.sh Dropbox-droplet.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/script.sh

Imgur

Create a new Imgur Droplet like so:

cp -r AppleScript-droplet.app Imgur-droplet.app
cp scripts/imgur.sh Imgur-droplet.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/script.sh