def find_apps_in_dirs(dirlist):
"""Do spotlight search for type applications within the
list of directories provided. Returns a list of paths to applications
these appear to always be some form of unicode string.
"""
applist = []
query = NSMetadataQuery.alloc().init()
query.setPredicate_(
NSPredicate.predicateWithFormat_('(kMDItemKind = "Application")'))
query.setSearchScopes_(dirlist)
query.startQuery()
# Spotlight isGathering phase - this is the initial search. After the
# isGathering phase Spotlight keeps running returning live results from
# filesystem changes, we are not interested in that phase.
# Run for 0.3 seconds then check if isGathering has completed.
runtime = 0
maxruntime = 20
while query.isGathering() and runtime <= maxruntime:
runtime += 0.3
NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop(
).runUntilDate_(NSDate.dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow_(0.3))
query.stopQuery()
if runtime >= maxruntime:
display.display_warning(
'Spotlight search for applications terminated due to excessive '
'time. Possible causes: Spotlight indexing is turned off for a '
'volume; Spotlight is reindexing a volume.')
for item in query.results():
pathname = item.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemPath')
if pathname and not is_excluded_filesystem(pathname):
applist.append(pathname)
return applist
def find_apps_in_dirs(dirlist):
"""Do spotlight search for type applications within the
list of directories provided. Returns a list of paths to applications
these appear to always be some form of unicode string.
"""
applist = []
query = NSMetadataQuery.alloc().init()
query.setPredicate_(
NSPredicate.predicateWithFormat_('(kMDItemKind = "Application")'))
query.setSearchScopes_(dirlist)
query.startQuery()
# Spotlight isGathering phase - this is the initial search. After the
# isGathering phase Spotlight keeps running returning live results from
# filesystem changes, we are not interested in that phase.
# Run for 0.3 seconds then check if isGathering has completed.
runtime = 0
maxruntime = 20
while query.isGathering() and runtime <= maxruntime:
runtime += 0.3
NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop().runUntilDate_(
NSDate.dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow_(0.3))
query.stopQuery()
if runtime >= maxruntime:
display.display_warning(
'Spotlight search for applications terminated due to excessive '
'time. Possible causes: Spotlight indexing is turned off for a '
'volume; Spotlight is reindexing a volume.')
for item in query.results():
pathname = item.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemPath')
if pathname and not is_excluded_filesystem(pathname):
applist.append(pathname)
return applist
def get_apps(tag, removal):
"""use spotlight to find apps by custom tag"""
# main dictionary
removals = {}
# set NSMetaDatQuery predicate by your custom tag with value of true
predicate = "%s = 'true'" % tag
# build and execute the spotlight query
query = NSMetadataQuery.alloc().init()
query.setPredicate_(NSPredicate.predicateWithFormat_(predicate))
query.setSearchScopes_(['/Applications'])
query.startQuery()
start_time = 0
max_time = 20
while query.isGathering() and start_time <= max_time:
start_time += 0.3
NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop().runUntilDate_(
NSDate.dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow_(0.3))
query.stopQuery()
# iterate through the results to grab spotlight attributes
for item in query.results():
app = item.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemFSName')
path = item.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemPath')
customtag = item.valueForAttribute_(removal)
if customtag:
# build nested dictionary of tagged apps and attribute values
removals[app] = {}
removals[app]['path'] = path
removals[app]['method'] = customtag
return removals
def get_apps():
# credit to the Munki project for borrowing code, thanks Munki!
apps_dict = {}
query = NSMetadataQuery.alloc().init()
query.setPredicate_(
NSPredicate.predicateWithFormat_(
"(kMDItemContentType = 'com.apple.application-bundle')"))
query.setSearchScopes_(['/Applications'])
query.startQuery()
start_time = 0
max_time = 20
while query.isGathering() and start_time <= max_time:
start_time += 0.3
NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop().runUntilDate_(
NSDate.dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow_(0.3))
query.stopQuery()
# check if the app returns a None value for this query, some apps may have embedded Applescripts
# that will return a None value and will be set to blank
for app in query.results():
name = app.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemDisplayName')
if name:
version = app.valueForAttribute_('kMDItemVersion') or ''
apps_dict[name] = version
return apps_dict
from Foundation import NSObject, NSNotificationCenter, NSMetadataQuery, NSPredicate, NSMetadataQueryUserHomeScope, \
NSMetadataQueryDidFinishGatheringNotification
from PyObjCTools import AppHelper
# from ConsoleReactor import ConsoleReactor
# host = '127.0.0.1'
# port = 0
# interpreterPath = sys.executable
# scriptPath = unicode(os.path.abspath('tcpinterpreter.py'))
# commandReactor = ConsoleReactor.alloc().init()
# interp = AsyncPythonInterpreter.alloc().initWithHost_port_interpreterPath_scriptPath_commandReactor_(host, port, interpreterPath, scriptPath, commandReactor)
# interp.connect()
query = NSMetadataQuery.alloc().init()
query.setPredicate_(NSPredicate.predicateWithFormat_( 'kMDItemKind = "Aperture Library"' ))
scopes = [NSMetadataQueryUserHomeScope]
query.setSearchScopes_( scopes )
class ThisEventLoopStopper(NSObject):
def interpFinished_(self, notification):
AppHelper.stopEventLoop()
stopper = ThisEventLoopStopper.alloc().init()
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver_selector_name_object_(stopper, 'interpFinished:', NSMetadataQueryDidFinishGatheringNotification, query)
query.startQuery()
# NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver_selector_name_object_(stopper, 'interpFinished:', u'AsyncPythonInterpreterClosed', interp)
AppHelper.runConsoleEventLoop(installInterrupt=True)