dnicolson’s gists

dnicolson / switchbot.js

Created February 9, 2020 15:11

Script to a control a SwitchBot device without depending on gatttool

	const noble = require('@abandonware/noble');

	const address = '';
	const uuidPrimary = 'cba20d00224d11e69fb80002a5d5c51b';
	const uuidWrite = 'cba20002224d11e69fb80002a5d5c51b';

	noble.on('stateChange', state => {
	if (state === 'poweredOn') {
	noble.startScanning([uuidPrimary], false);
	} else {

dnicolson / toggle-lightbulb.sh

Created January 18, 2020 16:30

Control a HomeKit lightbulb from the Touch Bar with this Quick Action (requires getting the pairing keys from the Keychain)

	PYTHON=/Users/dave/.asdf/shims/python3
	STATUS=`$PYTHON -m homekit.get_characteristic -f ~/.homekit_python/pairing.json -a iHaper -c 1.13`
	if [[ "$STATUS" =~ "true" ]]; then
	$PYTHON -m homekit.put_characteristic -f ~/.homekit_python/pairing.json -a iHaper -c 1.13 false
	else
	$PYTHON -m homekit.put_characteristic -f ~/.homekit_python/pairing.json -a iHaper -c 1.13 true
	fi

dnicolson / MediaRemoteEvents.m

Created December 24, 2019 18:16

Use the MediaRemote private framework to get and set the playing state of the Touch Bar based on media change events

	// clang -x objective-c -framework Foundation -framework MediaRemote -F /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks TouchBarMediaKeys.m -o TouchBarMediaKeys
	// ./TouchBarMediaKeys

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
	#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

	enum {
	kMRPlaybackStateUnknown = 0,
	kMRPlaybackStatePlaying,
	kMRPlaybackStatePaused,

dnicolson / mediaremote.m

Created December 24, 2019 17:55

MediaRemote.framework method signatures

	enum {
	kMRPlaybackStateUnknown = 0,
	kMRPlaybackStatePlaying,
	kMRPlaybackStatePaused,
	kMRPlaybackStateStopped,
	kMRPlaybackStateInterrupted
	};
	typedef uint32_t MRPlaybackState;

	typedef void (^MRMediaRemoteGetNowPlayingPlayerCompletion)(id playbackPlayer);

dnicolson / get_uuid.c

Created December 14, 2019 22:58

Get the volume UUID (DAVolumeUUID)

	// clang -framework DiskArbitration -framework Carbon disk.c -o disk

	#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>

	void printUUID()
	{
	DADiskRef disk;
	CFDictionaryRef descDict;

	DASessionRef session = DASessionCreate(NULL);

dnicolson / fetch-videos.js

Created July 29, 2019 17:34

Aggregate videos from multiple channels in the last hours

	const fetchVideos = (channels, apiKey, lastHours) => {
	return Promise.all(
	channels.map(channel => {
	const url = `https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=${apiKey}&channelId=${channel}&part=snippet,id&order=date&maxResults=20`;

	return fetch(url)
	.then(response => response.json())
	.then(json => {
	return json.items
	.filter(item => item.id.kind === 'youtube#video')

dnicolson / pixelsnap2.rb

Created May 22, 2019 09:44

This cask installs PixelSnap 2 from a disk image in the current directory

	require 'uri'

	cask "pixelsnap2" do
	version "2.0"
	sha256 "04e2d1892593d904f3d528c70b5fc4ec773c957b2d3bdd0e8a8876045ff458c8"
	url "file://#{URI::encode(File.expand_path(File.dirname(ARGV[1] ? ARGV[1] : '')))}/PixelSnap-2-2.0.dmg"
	name "PixelSnap 2"
	homepage "https://getpixelsnap.com/"

	app "PixelSnap 2.app"

dnicolson / airbuddy.rb

Last active July 3, 2019 20:17

This cask installs AirBuddy from a zip file in the current directory

	require 'uri'

	cask 'airbuddy' do
	version '1.0.4'
	sha256 '793c396ecdf242a7b90433efa790c11b84209b6a9d621d5c1a68d201654b20cc'

	url "file://#{URI.encode(File.expand_path(File.dirname(ARGV[1] \|\| '')))}/S3KtOo0aHZ_AirBuddy_v1.0.4_18.zip"
	name 'AirBuddy'
	homepage 'https://gumroad.com/l/airbuddy'

dnicolson / setlist-music.js

Last active July 2, 2019 18:20

Takes a setlist.fm setlist ID and creates a playlist in iTunes based on the setlist

	#!/usr/bin/env node

	/* global Application */
	/* eslint-disable no-console */

	const fetch = require('node-fetch');
	const osa = require('osa2');
	require('array-flat-polyfill');

	const API_KEY = 'd1be89b2-08b8-4b93-9ebd-eeca6544bdbd';

dnicolson / youtube.sh

Last active February 24, 2019 23:26

After generating a new provisioning profile, this will re-sign and deploy the old YouTube app to an Apple TV

	#!/bin/bash

	# npm install -g applesign ios-deploy

	APPLE_TV=xxx
	YOUTUBE_IPA="YouTube 1.2.1.ipa"

	provision() {
	cd ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles

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