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Re: Automator actions in C?
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Re: Automator actions in C?


  • Subject: Re: Automator actions in C?
  • From: Richard Wolf <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:14:45 -0400


On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Alan Alpar wrote:

I use iTunes-U a great deal and would be interested in knowing what those actions are!

They basically wrap the iTunes U web service. They're mostly of interest to iTunes U administrators. They allow you to do things like batch add/modify/delete courses, groups, tracks, sections, divisions ... upload content to iTunes U, get site usage statistics, obtain iTunes U site XML, find specific resources in an iTunes U site. I'm adding additional actions to add/modify/delete permissions as well as upload artwork for banners and course covers. If you're an iTunes U admin/content creator, they may be of interest to you. :)


The iTunes U web service is described in the iTunes U admin guide. The service is RESTful and, in my opinion, pretty awesome. My actions make heavy use of Cocoa's NSXMLDocument and its XPath/XQuery engine. In answer to the venerable Mr. Anguish's question (you are hardly going to find a bigger Cocoa expert), that's pretty much why they are written in Obj-C ... because NSXMLDocument is pretty darned cool (in its own right) and I can "think" in Obj-C a lot more easily than in AppleScript. :)
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