I’m confused, how the automator shell works. Actually the following code works, but:
do shell script "automator -i /path/to/picture-1.jpg /path/to/picture-2.jpg /path/to/picture-3.jpg 'path/to/Pictures2Pdf.workflow'"
… only the first input path (picture file) is used, instead all 3 picture files. The result should be a pdf with multiple pages
I don’t know the answer, but you could always skip automator altogether:
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit" -- for NSImage
use framework "Quartz" -- required for PDF stuff
set inFiles to (choose file of type {"public.image", "com.adobe.pdf"} with prompt "Choose your files:" with multiple selections allowed)
set destPosixPath to POSIX path of (choose file name default name "Combined.pdf" with prompt "Save new PDF to:")
its combineFiles:inFiles savingToPDF:destPosixPath
on combineFiles:inFiles savingToPDF:destPosixPath
-- make URL of the first file
set inNSURL to current application's |NSURL|'s fileURLWithPath:(POSIX path of item 1 of inFiles)
-- make PDF document from the URL
if (inNSURL's pathExtension()'s isEqualToString:"pdf") as boolean then
set theDoc to current application's PDFDocument's alloc()'s initWithURL:inNSURL
else
set theDoc to my pdfDocFromImageURL:inNSURL
end if
-- loop through the rest
set oldDocCount to theDoc's pageCount()
set inFiles to rest of inFiles
repeat with aFile in inFiles
-- make URL of the next PDF
set inNSURL to (current application's |NSURL|'s fileURLWithPath:(POSIX path of aFile))
-- make PDF document from the URL
if (inNSURL's pathExtension()'s isEqualToString:"pdf") as boolean then
set newDoc to (current application's PDFDocument's alloc()'s initWithURL:inNSURL)
else
set newDoc to (my pdfDocFromImageURL:inNSURL)
end if
-- loop through, moving pages
set newDocCount to newDoc's pageCount()
repeat with i from 1 to newDocCount
-- get page of PDF
set thePDFPage to (newDoc's pageAtIndex:(i - 1)) -- zero-based indexes
-- insert the page into main PDF
(theDoc's insertPage:thePDFPage atIndex:oldDocCount)
set oldDocCount to oldDocCount + 1
end repeat
end repeat
set outNSURL to current application's |NSURL|'s fileURLWithPath:destPosixPath
-- save the main PDF
(theDoc's writeToURL:outNSURL)
end combineFiles:savingToPDF:
on pdfDocFromImageURL:inNSURL
set theImage to current application's NSImage's alloc()'s initWithContentsOfURL:inNSURL
set theSize to theImage's |size|()
set theRect to {{0, 0}, theSize}
set theImageView to current application's NSImageView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:theRect
theImageView's setImage:theImage
set theData to theImageView's dataWithPDFInsideRect:theRect
return current application's PDFDocument's alloc()'s initWithData:theData
end pdfDocFromImageURL:
According to the manual it should be something like:
do shell script "automator -i -- 'path/to/Pictures2Pdf.workflow' <<<'/path/to/picture-1.jpg
/path/to/picture-2.jpg
/path/to/picture-3.jpg'
@ Shane
A pleasure to study your code, I’ll make use of it, thanks !
@ Dj Bazzie
I get an empty pdf if I put the picture file inputs in your way. (following your example literally )
Anyway, thanks !
If you want to test:
Set wkfl to Posix path of ((path to desktop folder as text)& "Test.workflow" as text) #block: New pdf from pictures
Set cmd to "automator -i -- '"& wkfl &"' <<< '"&( psx_input as text)&"'"
#Display dialog cmd
set res to do shell script cmd
return res
Typed on my smartphone…sweat