Videocapture applescript needs clickdrag.m to do its mouse clicking.

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CLI video capture for iOS: the applescript uses the clickdrag tool to select the given window.

• To start recording Simulator: osascript videocapture.scpt start Simulator 1 /Users/username/bin/clickdrag
• To stop recording and save movie: osascript videoccapture.scpt stop /Users/username/Movies/somename
• To stop recording without saving movie: osascript videocapture.scpt stop

Used by https://gist.github.com/sleekweasel/227315961b0b102e82d9 for automatic recording of test execution in cucumber.

Probably, if I renamed 'videocapture.scpt' to 'videocapture.applescript' and put a #!env osascript line at the start, it would be better.

clickdrag.m

// File: 
// clickdrag.m
//
// clickdrag will drag the "mouse" from the current cursor position to
// the given coordinates.
//
// derived from:
//  http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008051406323031
//    &
//  http://davehope.co.uk/Blog/osx-click-the-mouse-via-code/
//
// Requires:
//   xtools
//
// Compile with: 
// gcc -o clickdrag clickdrag.m -framework ApplicationServices -framework Foundation
//
// Usage:
// ./clickdrag -x pixels -y pixels
//



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


int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
  NSUserDefaults *args = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];


  // grabs command line arguments -x and -y
  //
  int x = [args integerForKey:@"x"];
  int y = [args integerForKey:@"y"];

  int dx = [args integerForKey:@"dx"];
  int dy = [args integerForKey:@"dy"];


  // The data structure CGPoint represents a point in a two-dimensional
  // coordinate system.  Here, X and Y distance from upper left, in pixels.
  //
  CGPoint pt0;
  pt0.x = x;
  pt0.y = y;

  CGPoint pt1;
  pt1.x = x + dx;
  pt1.y = y + dy;

  CGPoint pt2;
  pt2.x = x + dx / 2;
  pt2.y = y + dy / 2;

  // This is where the magic happens.  See CGRemoteOperation.h for details.

  // Get the current mouse location
  // CGEventRef ourEvent = CGEventCreate(NULL);
  // CGPoint ourLoc = CGEventGetLocation(ourEvent);
  
  // CGPostMouseEvent( CGPoint        mouseCursorPosition,
  //                   boolean_t      updateMouseCursorPosition,
  //                   CGButtonCount  buttonCount,
  //                   boolean_t      mouseButtonDown, ... )
  //
  
  // Start drag from current cursor location
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt0, TRUE, 1, FALSE );
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt0, FALSE, 1, TRUE );

  // End drag by moving to new location
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt1, TRUE, 1, TRUE );
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt1, FALSE, 1, FALSE );

  sleep(1);

  // Click middle
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt2, TRUE, 1, TRUE );
  CGPostMouseEvent( pt2, FALSE, 1, FALSE );

  // Possible sleep routines
  //usleep(100000);
  //sleep(2);

  [pool release];
  return 0;
}

videocapture.scpt

# To start recording Simulator: osascript videocapture.scpt start Simulator 1 /Users/username/bin/clickdrag
# To stop recording and save movie: osascript videoccapture.scpt stop /Users/username/Movies/somename
# To stop recording without saving movie: osascript videocapture.scpt stop
#
# It appears to be mandatory to save to Movies, or it won't save. I have no idea why.

on run argv
	if item 1 of argv is equal to "start" then
		set theProcessName to item 2 of argv
		set theWindowNumber to item 3 of argv as integer
		set clickdrag to item 4 of argv
		
		tell application "System Events"
			tell process theProcessName
				activate
				tell window theWindowNumber
					set thePosition to position
					set theSize to size
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
		
		tell application "QuickTime Player"
			quit
			activate
			new screen recording
			delay 1
			tell application "System Events" to key code 49
			delay 1
			do shell script clickdrag & " -x " & (item 1 of thePosition) & " -y " & (item 2 of thePosition) & " -dx " & (item 1 of theSize) & " -dy " & (item 2 of theSize)
		end tell
	else
		tell application "QuickTime Player"
			tell first document
				stop
				if (count of argv) = 2 then
					close saving in item 2 of argv
				else
					close saving no
				end if
				#delay 1
				# do shell script clickdrag & " -x 0 -y 0 -dx 0 -dy 0"
				quit
			end tell
		end tell
	end if
end run