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  1. pipwerks revised this gist Mar 9, 2014. 1 changed file with 137 additions and 138 deletions.
    275 changes: 137 additions & 138 deletions Convert "localhost" address to your Mac's current IP address
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    (* functions *)

    -- string replace function from http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-06.html
    on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text
    end replace_chars

    -- replaces specified domain with IP address in specified URLs
    on replace_localhost(theDomain, theURL, theIP)
    set newURL to ""
    if theDomain is in theURL then
    set newURL to replace_chars(theURL, theDomain, theIP)
    else
    set newURL to "http://" & theIP & "/"
    end if
    return newURL
    set newURL to ""
    if theDomain is in theURL then
    set newURL to replace_chars(theURL, theDomain, theIP)
    else
    set newURL to "http://" & theIP & "/"
    end if
    return newURL
    end replace_localhost

    -- copies URL to clipboard and ensures original app remains active (frontmost)
    on copy_to_clipboard(theText, currentApp)
    try
    tell application "Finder"
    set the clipboard to theText as text
    -- display alert "\"" & (the clipboard) & "\" was copied to the clipboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events" to set frontmost of process currentApp to true
    end try
    try
    tell application "Finder"
    set the clipboard to theText as text
    -- display alert "\"" & (the clipboard) & "\" was copied to the clipboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events" to set frontmost of process currentApp to true
    end try
    end copy_to_clipboard




    on run
    -- If user has custom hostname, let's get it
    display dialog "If you are using a custom localhost domain (via VirtualHostX or similar), please enter the domain now:" default answer "localhost"
    set domain to text returned of result
    -- empty list for placing localhost URLs
    set localhostURLs to {}
    -- placeholder for target URL
    set selectedURL to ""
    -- get name of current active app so we can switch back after getting IP address
    tell application "System Events"
    set currentApp to item 1 of (get name of processes whose frontmost is true)
    end tell
    (*
    get the IP of localhost. try en0 first, then en1 if no result found

    originally used ifconfig with grep, like so:
    do shell script "ifconfig en0|grep \"inet \"|cut -d ' ' -f 2"
    A shorter, more concise method was described in The Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett
    do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0"
    This method sometimes produces an error in AppleScript. To avoid the error, add ";exit 0"
    "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"
    See this URL for an explanation
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-studio/2006/Jul/msg00141.html
    *)
    -- try en0 (if both wired and wireless are available, en0 is usually the wired connection)
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"
    -- if en0 didn't work, try en1
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en1; exit 0"
    end if
    -- if both en0 and en1 don't work, you're out of luck
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    display dialog "Sorry, your IP address couldn't be determined."
    return
    end if
    (*
    Check Google Chrome
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    Code adapted from http://superuser.com/questions/263198/switch-between-google-chrome-tabs-using-applescript
    *)
    if application "Google Chrome" is running then
    tell application "Google Chrome"
    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try
    end tell
    end if
    (*
    Check Apple Safari
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    *)
    if application "Safari" is running then
    tell application "Safari"
    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try
    end tell
    end if
    -- Clean up the URLs: replace all instances of "localhost" with IP
    set i to 1
    repeat with theURL in localhostURLs
    set item i of localhostURLs to replace_localhost(domain, theURL, theIP)
    set i to i + 1
    end repeat
    if (count of localhostURLs) is greater than 1 then
    choose from list localhostURLs with prompt "Which URL would you like to copy?" OK button name "Copy" default items item 1 of localhostURLs
    -- "cancel" button will return a value of false
    if the result is not false then
    set selectedURL to item 1 of the result as text
    end if
    if selectedURL is not "" then copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)
    else if (count of localhostURLs) is equal to 1 then
    set selectedURL to item 1 of localhostURLs as text
    copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)
    display dialog selectedURL & " has been copied to your clipboard"
    end if

    -- If user has custom hostname, let's get it
    display dialog "If you are using a custom localhost domain (via VirtualHostX or similar), please enter the domain now:" default answer "localhost"
    set domain to text returned of result

    -- empty list for placing localhost URLs
    set localhostURLs to {}

    -- placeholder for target URL
    set selectedURL to ""

    -- get name of current active app so we can switch back after getting IP address
    tell application "System Events"
    set currentApp to item 1 of (get name of processes whose frontmost is true)
    end tell


    (*
    get the IP of localhost. try en0 first, then en1 if no result found

    originally used ifconfig with grep, like so:
    do shell script "ifconfig en0|grep \"inet \"|cut -d ' ' -f 2"

    A shorter, more concise method was described in The Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett
    do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0"

    This method sometimes produces an error in AppleScript. To avoid the error, add ";exit 0"
    "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"

    See this URL for an explanation
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-studio/2006/Jul/msg00141.html
    *)

    -- try en0 (if both wired and wireless are available, en0 is usually the wired connection)
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"

    -- if en0 didn't work, try en1
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en1; exit 0"
    end if

    -- if both en0 and en1 don't work, you're out of luck
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    display dialog "Sorry, your IP address couldn't be determined."
    return
    end if


    (*
    Check Google Chrome
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    Code adapted from http://superuser.com/questions/263198/switch-between-google-chrome-tabs-using-applescript
    *)

    if application "Google Chrome" is running then
    tell application "Google Chrome"

    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try

    end tell
    end if


    (*
    Check Apple Safari
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    *)

    if application "Safari" is running then
    tell application "Safari"
    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try
    end tell
    end if

    -- Clean up the URLs: replace all instances of "localhost" with IP
    set i to 1
    repeat with theURL in localhostURLs
    set item i of localhostURLs to replace_localhost(domain, theURL, theIP)
    set i to i + 1
    end repeat


    if (count of localhostURLs) is greater than 1 then

    choose from list localhostURLs with prompt "Which URL would you like to copy?" OK button name "Copy" default items item 1 of localhostURLs

    -- "cancel" button will return a value of false
    if the result is not false then
    set selectedURL to item 1 of the result as text
    end if

    if selectedURL is not "" then copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)

    else if (count of localhostURLs) is equal to 1 then

    set selectedURL to item 1 of localhostURLs as text
    copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)
    display dialog selectedURL & " has been copied to your clipboard"

    end if

    end run
  2. pipwerks created this gist Mar 9, 2014.
    157 changes: 157 additions & 0 deletions Convert "localhost" address to your Mac's current IP address
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    (* functions *)

    -- string replace function from http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-06.html
    on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text
    end replace_chars

    -- replaces specified domain with IP address in specified URLs
    on replace_localhost(theDomain, theURL, theIP)
    set newURL to ""
    if theDomain is in theURL then
    set newURL to replace_chars(theURL, theDomain, theIP)
    else
    set newURL to "http://" & theIP & "/"
    end if
    return newURL
    end replace_localhost

    -- copies URL to clipboard and ensures original app remains active (frontmost)
    on copy_to_clipboard(theText, currentApp)
    try
    tell application "Finder"
    set the clipboard to theText as text
    -- display alert "\"" & (the clipboard) & "\" was copied to the clipboard"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events" to set frontmost of process currentApp to true
    end try
    end copy_to_clipboard




    on run

    -- If user has custom hostname, let's get it
    display dialog "If you are using a custom localhost domain (via VirtualHostX or similar), please enter the domain now:" default answer "localhost"
    set domain to text returned of result

    -- empty list for placing localhost URLs
    set localhostURLs to {}

    -- placeholder for target URL
    set selectedURL to ""

    -- get name of current active app so we can switch back after getting IP address
    tell application "System Events"
    set currentApp to item 1 of (get name of processes whose frontmost is true)
    end tell


    (*
    get the IP of localhost. try en0 first, then en1 if no result found

    originally used ifconfig with grep, like so:
    do shell script "ifconfig en0|grep \"inet \"|cut -d ' ' -f 2"

    A shorter, more concise method was described in The Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide by Daniel J. Barrett
    do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0"

    This method sometimes produces an error in AppleScript. To avoid the error, add ";exit 0"
    "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"

    See this URL for an explanation
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-studio/2006/Jul/msg00141.html
    *)

    -- try en0 (if both wired and wireless are available, en0 is usually the wired connection)
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en0; exit 0"

    -- if en0 didn't work, try en1
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    set theIP to do shell script "ipconfig getifaddr en1; exit 0"
    end if

    -- if both en0 and en1 don't work, you're out of luck
    if theIP is equal to "" then
    display dialog "Sorry, your IP address couldn't be determined."
    return
    end if


    (*
    Check Google Chrome
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    Code adapted from http://superuser.com/questions/263198/switch-between-google-chrome-tabs-using-applescript
    *)

    if application "Google Chrome" is running then
    tell application "Google Chrome"

    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try

    end tell
    end if


    (*
    Check Apple Safari
    Loop to find localhost (or custom domain)
    *)

    if application "Safari" is running then
    tell application "Safari"
    set i to 0
    try
    repeat with t in (tabs of (first window))
    set i to i + 1
    if domain is in URL of t then
    set localhostURLs to localhostURLs & URL of t
    end if
    end repeat
    end try
    end tell
    end if

    -- Clean up the URLs: replace all instances of "localhost" with IP
    set i to 1
    repeat with theURL in localhostURLs
    set item i of localhostURLs to replace_localhost(domain, theURL, theIP)
    set i to i + 1
    end repeat


    if (count of localhostURLs) is greater than 1 then

    choose from list localhostURLs with prompt "Which URL would you like to copy?" OK button name "Copy" default items item 1 of localhostURLs

    -- "cancel" button will return a value of false
    if the result is not false then
    set selectedURL to item 1 of the result as text
    end if

    if selectedURL is not "" then copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)

    else if (count of localhostURLs) is equal to 1 then

    set selectedURL to item 1 of localhostURLs as text
    copy_to_clipboard(selectedURL, currentApp)
    display dialog selectedURL & " has been copied to your clipboard"

    end if

    end run