Tech help beeminding OmniFocus

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Turns out that OmniFocus Pro has AppleScript support. I just wrote this to auto-mind the size of my inbox using Hazel and the bmndr commandline script.

#!/bin/bash

# this sends your OmniFocus inbox count to Beeminder
# requires: OmniFocus Pro, lydgate's bmndr script
# optional: hazel or cron scheduling

BMNDR=bmndr
GOAL_SLUG=omnifocus

COUNT_FILE=OmniFocus.count
if [ ! -f $COUNT_FILE ] ; then
  echo -n 0 > $COUNT_FILE
fi

# make the file 'today' be 'midnight'
/usr/bin/touch -t $(/bin/date +%m%d0000) today

INBOX_COUNT=$(/usr/bin/osascript -e '
  tell front document of application "OmniFocus"
  set theTasks to every inbox task whose blocked is false and completed is false
  set theCount to count of theTasks
  end tell
  return theCount
')

# if the count has changed, or not been sent yet today
if [ $INBOX_COUNT -ne $(cat $COUNT_FILE) -o today -nt $COUNT_FILE ] ; then
  $BMNDR $GOAL_SLUG $INBOX_COUNT OmniFocus inbox count at $(/bin/date +%H:%M)
  echo -n $INBOX_COUNT > $COUNT_FILE
fi

UPDATE: now sends a datapoint if the day has changed, as well as if the count has changed. Also, I no longer watch the particular file, but have set up a more general cron-like folder using Hazel, but that seems a step too far for this forum!

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