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I have written an applescript application that checks an API of the weather the messages it to a friend.

My friend's iphone sends read receipts, how can i get applescript to run some code eg say "The message has been read" when he sends a read receipt

Kamin Pallaghy
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  • Or even checking the time of the latest read receipt in a conversation – Kamin Pallaghy Jan 23 '16 at 05:55
  • You should look script examples provided by Apple about how to use message handlers. See in folder Library/Application Scripts / com.apple.iChat. There are several scripts. it looks to be iChat, but it also works for Message. – pbell Jan 26 '16 at 07:29
  • I know, and i looked through them i can't find anything to do with read receipts – Kamin Pallaghy Jan 27 '16 at 07:19
  • I do not want to read the most recent message sent to me, i want to know when/if the person i sent a message to reads it(Provided that they send receipts) – Kamin Pallaghy Jan 27 '16 at 07:21
  • What should be the form of their receipts ? I guess it should just be a new message. then you can use the example and track, for each message received, which one is a receipt confirmation. not ? – pbell Jan 27 '16 at 19:55
  • When i send a message the blue bar goes across the top, under the message i just sent it says `delivered`. When my friend reads it it sends back a read receipt and the `delivered` changes to `read`, its built in. – Kamin Pallaghy Jan 28 '16 at 00:17
  • It is not a message back – Kamin Pallaghy Feb 01 '16 at 12:35
  • @pbell [imgur example photos](http://imgur.com/a/rVTra) – Kamin Pallaghy Feb 01 '16 at 12:41
  • I made several tests, but I am not 100% sure (all my tests are done with single account !). Apparently, none of the handler available can do what you want to do with message status. Sorry – pbell Feb 02 '16 at 06:27
  • What about where the chat is stored, could i read that some how. surly it must have it recorded somewhere. **And thanks** – Kamin Pallaghy Feb 02 '16 at 14:14
  • I tried through interface scripting : not possible because, in the Messages window, the area where message are display is just a container for html, the html itself is not available through GUI scripting. then I found where messages are stored : ~library/Messages/chat.db-wal. you must investigate into this SQL database to find format (not documented) and try to find where contents of message windows are stored and how. I don't think it is doable. Sorry. Still, if you want to dig into, check with shell database command sqlite3. – pbell Feb 02 '16 at 20:38

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