Call or SMS Contact V2.2

[vitor]

Just now, petebocken said:

Can't really figure out a rhyme or reason though.

 

Maybe it’s on contacts with multiple phone numbers. Check the debugger.

[petebocken]

5 minutes ago, vitor said:

 

Maybe it’s on contacts with multiple phone numbers. Check the debugger.

 

That's what I thought as well, but it's not.

 

Not sure I see any issues with debugger, but this is the first time I'm using it.

 

[pdy]

9 hours ago, petebocken said:

 

That's what I thought as well, but it's not.

 

Not sure I see any issues with debugger, but this is the first time I'm using it.

 

 

It seems like the regular expression fails to match a phone number.

Hi @petebocken, could you post the output of the following command from terminal? 

 

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' '/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/336CF002-F2FC-41D8-B761-68FBD7453613/Metadata/52299394-FE3F-4A59-9F22-73EDC8AADDEA:ABPerson.abcdp'

 

The command basically outputs the phone entry of a given contact. For privacy reason, you can mask part of the phone number.

 

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by pdy

[petebocken]

% /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' '/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/336CF002-F2FC-41D8-B761-68FBD7A53613/Metadata/52299394-FE3F-4A59-9F22-73EDC8AADDEA:ABPerson.abcdp'
Dict {
    identifiers = Array {
        5CDBF59B-7C58-433A-99F6-6B5666376541
        E3628392-C195-46C1-BE38-F5C3B709A3FD
    }
    values = Array {
        1 (800) 872-2657
        (612) 872-2657
    }
    primary = 5CDBF59B-7C58-433A-99F6-6B5666376541
    labels = Array {
        _$!<Main>!$_
        _$!<Work>!$_
    }
}

 

[pdy]

11 hours ago, petebocken said:

% /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' '/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/336CF002-F2FC-41D8-B761-68FBD7A53613/Metadata/52299394-FE3F-4A59-9F22-73EDC8AADDEA:ABPerson.abcdp'
Dict {
    identifiers = Array {
        5CDBF59B-7C58-433A-99F6-6B5666376541
        E3628392-C195-46C1-BE38-F5C3B709A3FD
    }
    values = Array {
        1 (800) 872-2657
        (612) 872-2657
    }
    primary = 5CDBF59B-7C58-433A-99F6-6B5666376541
    labels = Array {
        _$!<Main>!$_
        _$!<Work>!$_
    }
}

 

 

I see. In your case, a phone number can contain brackets. Try the following script.

 

query="{query}"

phone_num=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' "$query" | grep -o -m 1 '^[[:space:]]*\(+\?[[:digit:][:space:])(-]\+\)[:space:]\?$')

echo -n $phone_num

 

[petebocken]

1 hour ago, pdy said:

 

I see. In your case, a phone number can contain brackets. Try the following script.

 

query="{query}"

phone_num=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' "$query" | grep -o -m 1 '^[[:space:]]*\(+\?[[:digit:][:space:])(-]\+\)[:space:]\?$')

echo -n $phone_num

 

 

That works, thanks so much!

[pdy]

On 11/17/2022 at 10:20 AM, petebocken said:

 

That works, thanks so much!

You are welcome

[Erkut]

Hi, first of all thank you for your great work. i just install the workflow, when i try make a call with contact name, facetime appears and then nothing happening, same thing with message app it starts with new message without any number. But if i write phone number mannually "call 0555 555 55 55 or sms 0555 555 55 55" it's working, same format inside of contacts. i cant understand why. is there a way to fix it?

Edited December 10, 2022 by Erkut

[Joachim]

On 12/10/2022 at 2:48 PM, Erkut said:

Hi, first of all thank you for your great work. i just install the workflow, when i try make a call with contact name, facetime appears and then nothing happening, same thing with message app it starts with new message without any number. But if i write phone number mannually "call 0555 555 55 55 or sms 0555 555 55 55" it's working, same format inside of contacts. i cant understand why. is there a way to fix it?

Scroll up and find pdy's post from november 14. He has a solution to the problem.

[Erkut]

Thank you for your reply. But in my case there is something else, when i type the command in the terminal

Quote

query="{query}"

phone_num=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' "$query" | grep -o -m 1 '^[[:space:]]*\(+\?[[:digit:][:space:])(-]\+\)[:space:]\?$')

echo -n $phone_num

it says

Quote

Print: Entry, ":Phone", Does Not Exist

 

So it can't found "Phone" varrient, Also debug logs here 

 

It says there is no Contacts.app but i can see the Contacts.app in the app list and i can reach the contacts via app.

 

Alfred approved reach the contacts.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Erkut

[Karl87]

On 11/17/2022 at 2:07 AM, pdy said:

 

I see. In your case, a phone number can contain brackets. Try the following script.

 

query="{query}"

phone_num=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:Phone' "$query" | grep -o -m 1 '^[[:space:]]*\(+\?[[:digit:][:space:])(-]\+\)[:space:]\?$')

echo -n $phone_num

 

I have the same issue. Facetime opens and nothing happens. Where would I need to insert this code?

 

Thank you!

Karl

[antoniorodr]

Hello!

I got this working, but I need to have the contacts app open. Is there a way to do this without having to have the Contacts app open beforehand @amoose136?

[sepulchra]

@antoniorodr I just looked at the github page for this workflow and it appears it is no longer being developed.

[antoniorodr]

28 minutes ago, sepulchra said:

@antoniorodr I just looked at the github page for this workflow and it appears it is no longer being developed.

Yeah it’s seems so. Maybe I just need to learn how the workflows work and fork the project and fix it. 
 

We will see!

[antoniorodr]

I think I managed to solve the problem (I've not tested it properly yet).

 

Replace the script the workflow has for the calls with this one:

 

on alfred_script(q)
    -- Open Contacts app to retrieve information
    tell application "Contacts" to activate

    -- Extract contact ID by removing "Metadata/" from the input
    set contactID to text ((offset of "Metadata/" in q) + 9) thru ((offset of "." in q) - 1) of q
    try
        tell application "Contacts"
            set contact to person id contactID
            set phoneNumbers to value of every phone of contact
            
            -- Check if there are any phone numbers available
            if (count of phoneNumbers) > 0 then
                set phonenumber to item 1 of phoneNumbers
                
                -- Initiate call via FaceTime
                do shell script "open 'tel:" & phonenumber & "'"
            else
                return "No phone numbers available for this contact."
            end if
            
        end tell
        
    on error
        return "Could not find a contact with the specified ID."
    end try

    -- Close the Contacts app after retrieving the phone number
    tell application "Contacts" to quit 

    -- Close the Alfred search bar using Command + Space
    tell application "System Events"
        key down command
        keystroke space
        key up command
    end tell
end alfred_script

 

[antoniorodr]

@sepulchra could you test my solution to see if it works for you too?

[sepulchra]

I don’t use this workflow but hopefully someone else in the thread can test for you.

[melomon]

I would help test, but I need a step by step guide to install it.

Is the fix based on the old https://github.com/amoose136/call_or_sms_contact or on https://github.com/c-stephens/Call-or-Message-Contact?

[antoniorodr]

14 hours ago, melomon said:

I would help test, but I need a step by step guide to install it.

Is the fix based on the old https://github.com/amoose136/call_or_sms_contact or on https://github.com/c-stephens/Call-or-Message-Contact?

 

Hi,

The first one which is the same as the original here.

 

This is the workflow I use with the fix: https://transfer.archivete.am/11pfaD/Call or SMS contact.alfredworkflow

 

[melomon]

11 hours ago, antoniorodr said:

 

Hi,

The first one which is the same as the original here.

 

This is the workflow I use with the fix: https://transfer.archivete.am/11pfaD/Call or SMS contact.alfredworkflow

 

Thank you! I downloaded your fixed workflow and will test it, and provide feedback when I have.