Apple script to send imessage to all users in contact list.

Question

I was given this today to be completed today. I have this so far that I found from another post and modified it.
tell application "Messages"
     set myid to get id of first service
     repeat with i in {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
     set theBuddy to buddy {i} of service id myid
     send "test" to theBuddy
    end repeat
end tell
It errors out when sending a message to myself. Even though my apple id is not in the contact list and if it reaches a number that is not registred with imessage it errors out.
any suggestions?

Answer 1

I think you're a little wide of the target here.
In an ideal situation i would like to take all 118 people in my address book.
Nothing in your script references your address book at all. Buddies on your buddy list don't necessarily match your Address Book contacts.
Take their mobile number store it in a list and then send my message to them.
You're also  referncing molibe numbers, not IM accounts, which are not the same thing. Are you planning on sending out SMS messages to these people? are you sure they're OK with that? Most providers charge for text messages so your plan actually costs your recipients money (assuming you're using a service that has a IM -> SMS gateway).
I guess the system keeps an internal index of those numbers named "buddy" i don't know i'm just guessing here.
When you ask Messages for a buddy, it's referncing names in your Buddy List (Window -> Buddies). That's the list it is iterating through.
I would have liked to skip the manually sending a text message though.
I thought the whole point of this was to automate the process, no?
Management see's this as a good communication tool
That might be the problem right there
I'm going to have to figure out how to make it more usable than what it is now.
It would help if you clearly defined your goals. It sounds like you want to send a message to a group of people in your address book. Since there are multiple communication methods (SMS, iChat, AIM, Google Chat, Yahoo, etc.) you need to clarify which method you want. Once you have a clearer idea of your goals it should be easier to work out the implementation.