Is there any way to execute (and obtain the results of) AppleScript code from python without using the osascript command-line utility or appscript (which I don’t really want to use (I think?) because it’s no longer developed/supported/recommended)?
Rationale: in another question I’ve just posted, I describe a strange/undesired behaviour I’m experiencing with running some AppleScript via osascript. As I’m actually calling it from a python script, I wondered if there was a way to route around osascript altogether, since that seems to be where the problem lies – but appscript (the obvious choice?) looks risky now…
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Answer
You can use the PyObjC bridge:
>>> from Foundation import *
>>> s = NSAppleScript.alloc().initWithSource_("tell app "Finder" to activate")
>>> s.executeAndReturnError_(None)