Support for JavaScript for Automation (JXA) on Mac?

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Created October 07, 2019 23:23

I'm wondering if I can use WebStorm to write JavaScript for Automation scripts? I am admittedly new to WebStorm, but I already much prefer it over using the Script Editor. Has anyone tried to get JXA scripts to run in WS? I understand that there is a command-line tool (osascript) that can run JavaScript by using the -l command line option.

I have dug and dug and simply can't find an easy way to run JXA scripts with anything other than Script Editor. Any assistance is appreciated!

2 comments

Elena Pogorelova

Created October 08, 2019 10:21

WebStorm doesn't provide any support for this... Setting up the osascript as external tool in Preferences | Tools | External Tools or running shell scripts with the corresponding run configuration (https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/shell-scripts.html) seems to be the only way to go

See also https://github.com/johnelm/node-jxa - you may find this package helpful

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Created October 08, 2019 22:02

Thank you for the info!

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