objective-c ichat chat program control

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Is it possible to have an objective-c application send and receive iChat messages without iChat? NOT with applescript. I also want to do this to skype, mail, etc.

Is any of this possible? I need this to be in objective-c, not applescript, so it all needs to be within objective-c. If so, can someone post examples, websites, additional info?

Thanks, Elijah

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:25

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There is the Instant Message Framework that allow to use iChat inside your applications. It even allows to use iChat Theater from your applications.

answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:25

apaderno

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:07

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I would hazard a guess that iChat isn't providing any sort of public API for you to use. That said, you can use AppleScript from Cocoa - check out the NSAppleScript documentation.

answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:07

Carl Norum

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Yes, I would have to agree. How about AIM, I think that has an API. I will try that out as well. – objectiveccoder001 Jul 07 '10 at 17:09
@Elijah, if you just want to avoid using the iChat application itself, you can just use any number of IM libraries - check out libpurple: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple – Carl Norum Jul 07 '10 at 17:13
GREAT!! thanks! Now, are there lists of other libraries that can mimic other applications like mail, or itunes? – objectiveccoder001 Jul 07 '10 at 17:19
@Elijah, yes. There are libraries to do almost anything you can imagine. – Carl Norum Jul 07 '10 at 17:20
Can you post a website that has alot of libraries on it so I can browse through them? – objectiveccoder001 Jul 07 '10 at 17:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:18

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Yes it's possible. Check out Adium.

answered Jul 07 '10 at 17:18

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