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Thanks, Chris.

I got this example working:

use scripting additions

use framework "Foundation"

use script "BridgePlus"

load framework

set folderToSearch to (choose folder) as alias

set mdQueryStr to "kMDItemTextContent CONTAINS 'gopro'"

set mdQueryValues to (current date) - 10 * days

set fileList to my spotSearch(folderToSearch, mdQueryStr, mdQueryValues)

on spotSearch(pFolderToSearchAlias, pQueryStr, pQueryValues)

set theResult to current application's SMSForder's runSpotlightQuery:pQueryStr queryValues:{pQueryValues} inFolders:{pFolderToSearchAlias} |error|:(missing value)

ASify from theResult

--- RETURN as POSIX File List ---

return theResult as list

end spotSearch

One challenge is finding the Spotlight/mdfind attribute names to use.

Here's one source: Spotlight syntax, mdfind examples, and metadata attributes

kMDItemPath: absolute path.

kMDItemFSName: basename.

kMDItemFSSize: size in bytes.

kMDItemDisplayName: display name.

kMDItemContentType: UTI.

kMDItemContentTypeTree: UTI and parent UTIs.

kMDItemKind: a localized name for the content type.

kMDItemFSContentChangeDate: modification time.

kMDItemFSCreationDate: creation time.

kMDItemLastUsedDate: date last opened.

kMDItemDateAdded: date added.

kMDItemFinderComment: Spotlight comment.

kMDItemTextContent: plain text content of for example text, HTML, or PDF files.

kMDItemDurationSeconds: for example the duration of an audio or video file.

kMDItemTitle: for example the title of a webloc, PDF, or MP3 file.

kMDItemURL: for example the URL of a webloc file.

kMDItemWhereFroms: the URL or URLs that a file was downloaded from.

kMDItemUserTags: tags in 10.9 and later.

kMDItemAuthors: for example the artist of an MP3 file.

mdfind 'kMDItemTextContent="*expose*"cd' # search for files whose content matches `expose` ignoring case and diacritics

mdfind 'kMDItemTextContent="*search phrase*"c' -onlyin ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/History

Best Regards,

Jim Underwood

aka JMichaelTX

References:
	>Re: Shane's BridgePlus LIbrary (From: Jim Underwood <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Shane's BridgePlus LIbrary (From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>)