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AppleScript Integration

Automate Statuz with AppleScript via URL scheme

AppleScript users can automate Statuz through URL scheme integration. Classic Mac automation meets modern social media. Open composer, schedule posts, or trigger actions from AppleScript workflows, app integrations, or folder actions.

How to Use

  1. 1Open Script Editor
  2. 2Create new AppleScript
  3. 3Add: tell application "System Events"
  4. 4Write: open location "statuz://compose?text=Hello"
  5. 5Save script
  6. 6Run script
  7. 7Show Statuz opening with text
  8. 8Create folder action script
  9. 9Trigger on new file in folder
  10. 10Script posts file to Statuz
  11. 11Demonstrate automated posting
  12. 12Create app integration script
  13. 13Show Statuz launching from another app

Key Features

  • URL Scheme Support - open location command
  • Text Passing - Variables to URL parameters
  • File Actions - Trigger on file changes
  • Folder Actions - Monitor folders for content
  • App Integration - Connect Statuz to other apps
  • Classic Automation - Traditional Mac scripting
  • System Events - Full system access
  • Finder Integration - Scripts from Finder
  • Mail Integration - Post from Mail.app
  • Safari Integration - Share from browser
  • Scheduled Execution - Calendar.app triggers
  • User Action Scripts - Services menu items
  • Professional Workflows - Enterprise automation

Example AppleScript

tell application "System Events"
    set theText to "Hello from AppleScript"
    set theURL to "statuz://compose?text=" & theText
    open location theURL
end tell

Folder Action:

on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving theItems
    repeat with anItem in theItems
        set filePath to POSIX path of anItem
        set theURL to "statuz://compose?media=" & filePath
        tell application "System Events"
            open location theURL
        end tell
    end repeat
end adding folder items to

Why AppleScript Users Love It

AppleScript is classic Mac automation. Statuz URL scheme enables AppleScript integration for workflows impossible in web tools. Mac automation tradition meets modern social media.

Pro Tips

  • open location command executes URL schemes
  • Text encoding - handle special characters
  • Variable passing - dynamic content
  • Folder actions - automated file posting
  • App integrations - connect Statuz to Mac apps
  • Services menu - system-wide AppleScript services
  • Calendar triggers - scheduled script execution
  • Mail rules - post from email
  • Finder context - right-click to post file
  • Classic Mac automation power

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