escape-string-applescript

Escape a string for use in AppleScript

According to the AppleScript docs, \ and " have special meaning and should be escaped.

Install

$ npm install --save escape-string-applescript

Usage

const {execFile} = require('child_process');
const escapeString = require('escape-string-applescript');

const str = escapeString('"i like unicorns"');
//=> '\"i like unicorns\"'

const script = `set unicornMessage to "${str}"`;

execFile('osascript', ['-e', script]);

Related

• run-applescript - Run AppleScript and get the result

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus