Is it possible to run script to background app in MacOS?

[finegorko]

I need to write a bot that could be used in the background in MacOS

[vasily-v-ryabov]

This is very good question. Latest macOS branch is in draft PR #1213. It can be installed this way:

pip install https://github.com/dariacher/pywinauto/archive/refs/heads/mac_coverage.zip

[finegorko]

This is very good question. Latest macOS branch is in draft PR #1213. It can be installed this way:

pip install https://github.com/dariacher/pywinauto/archive/refs/heads/mac_coverage.zip

i can't install it, do you know what the problem might be?

❯ pip install https://github.com/dariacher/pywinauto/archive/refs/heads/mac_coverage.zip
Collecting https://github.com/dariacher/pywinauto/archive/refs/heads/mac_coverage.zip
  Using cached https://github.com/dariacher/pywinauto/archive/refs/heads/mac_coverage.zip
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting codecov
  Using cached codecov-2.1.12-py2.py3-none-any.whl (16 kB)
Collecting six
  Using cached six-1.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (11 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-core==5.3
  Using cached pyobjc-core-5.3.tar.gz (811 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting pyobjc-framework-AppleScriptObjC==5.3
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_AppleScriptObjC-5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.9 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-framework-ApplicationServices==5.3
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_ApplicationServices-5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (20 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-framework-Cocoa==5.3
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-5.3.tar.gz (3.8 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [10 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/private/var/folders/rg/8pzctcj5073bjd081c_l0bx40000gn/T/pip-install-lif7m0bc/pyobjc-framework-cocoa_92af5d3c6e594f579d52e40f2885f724/setup.py", line 22, in <module>
          Extension('CoreFoundation._inlines',
        File "/private/var/folders/rg/8pzctcj5073bjd081c_l0bx40000gn/T/pip-install-lif7m0bc/pyobjc-framework-cocoa_92af5d3c6e594f579d52e40f2885f724/pyobjc_setup.py", line 392, in Extension
          os_level = get_os_level()
        File "/private/var/folders/rg/8pzctcj5073bjd081c_l0bx40000gn/T/pip-install-lif7m0bc/pyobjc-framework-cocoa_92af5d3c6e594f579d52e40f2885f724/pyobjc_setup.py", line 206, in get_os_level
          pl = plistlib.readPlist('/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist')
      AttributeError: module 'plistlib' has no attribute 'readPlist'
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.