[iPond317]

Hello all, I'm on a university network and I usually have things downloading while I'm in classes or at work. The network logs users off when there is no Internet access detected through a Web browser. Since Safari saves login IDs and passes in the Keychain, I was wondering if someone could give me the steps to make an AppleScript that would tell Safari to open a Web page every 30 minutes. Any and all help is greatfully appreciated! Thanks!

[pimephalis]

Originally posted by iPond317:
Hello all, I'm on a university network and I usually have things downloading while I'm in classes or at work. The network logs users off when there is no Internet access detected through a Web browser. Since Safari saves login IDs and passes in the Keychain, I was wondering if someone could give me the steps to make an AppleScript that would tell Safari to open a Web page every 30 minutes. Any and all help is greatfully appreciated! Thanks!

Well, you need to do something like:

Code:

repeat every 10 minutes
tell application "Safari"
    close every window
    make new document at beginning of documents
    set URL of document 1 to item i of URLs
end tell
end repeat

You can alter this with a list of URLs, and then have Safari open up a random URL every 10 minutes so that some automatic script won't detect that you're using a keep alive function.

BTW, I'm not absolutely sure that will function. I'm new to OS X, and by no means an applescript guru.

[Sal]

To have a script wait, you need to use an Idle handler.

Save this script as an application with the "Stay Open" option checked in the Save Dialog. It will send the command to open the page every 10 minutes (10 * 60 seconds = 600 seconds).

Code:
on idle
	tell application "Safari"
		if not (exists document 1) then
			make new document at the beginning of documents
		end if
		set the URL of document 1 to "http://www.apple.com"
	end tell
	return 600
end idle

If Safari is setup as your default browser in the Internet System Pane, you can use this approach:

Code:
on idle
	open location "http://www.apple.com"
	return 600
end idle