Considered AppleScript support?

[sdailey]

Hey, more of a feature inquiry than an issue... Wondering if you had thought of adding an sdef file and support for some basic AppleScript commands

[slashlos]

I have been asked to provide a CLI interface, which I did, but didn't see the need. Anyway, what do you have in mind; working examples are easiest to work in?

I should point out though that this work is superseded by its unforked clone He3, sporting new name and artwork, in review at the app store.

[sdailey]

Ah! Amazing, is there any documentation on the CLI features/api (like a link you could point me to)? I'm looking to programmatically bring up Helium and start/stop a specific video, and then close Helium.

I have an app of my own that lets you trigger events upon entering specific, named Spaces. I wanted to have a way to play a video upon entering a specific Space. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to get it to happen from an AppleScript if I just knew what to tell it

Congrats on submitting to the App Store by the way, that's awesome!

[slashlos]

if you execute Helium or He3 via terminal - shell of choice, the command args to it are inferred to be files which will opened in their separate window. As it currently stands, WkWebView is pretty much a black box; few kvo properties or public methods, but my plan was to make use of them. You would create a playlist specifying start/stop time etc but all that's on hold until they open up about it.

[sdailey]

So I've tried shell commands like:

open -a /Applications/Helium.app --args "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTL8dW6PqPE"
open -a /Applications/Helium.app --args https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTL8dW6PqPE
open -a /Applications/Helium.app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTL8dW6PqPE
open -a /Applications/Helium.app "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTL8dW6PqPE"

And so on, and all that happens is that the app opens, but the video doesn't load. Could you tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks!

[sdailey]

Wow, so - just found your app in the store, congrats!

Next, I figured out how to play local files from the command line, with a command like

open -a /Applications/Helium.app /Users/MyUserName/myVideo.m4v

I also noticed that the original Helium wouldn't even play an m4v type file.

Amazing! Just left a 5 star review in the Store.

Thanks a bunch, please keep up development work!!!