escape-string-applescript

> Escape a string for use in AppleScript

According to the AppleScript docs, \ and " have special meaning and should be escaped.

Install

``
$ npm install escape-string-applescript
`

Usage

`js
import {execFile} from 'child_process';
import escapeStringAppleScript from 'escape-string-applescript';

const string = escapeStringAppleScript('"i like unicorns"');
//=> '\"i like unicorns\"'

const script = set unicornMessage to "${string}";

execFile('osascript', ['-e', script]);
``

Related

- run-applescript - Run AppleScript and get the result