feat: add 'apple-events' status query

Author: codebytere

README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ If you're using macOS 12.3 or newer, you'll need to ensure you have Python insta
 
 ### `permissions.getAuthStatus(type)`
 
-- `type` String - The type of system component to which you are requesting access. Can be one of `accessibility`, `bluetooth`, `calendar`, `camera`, `contacts`, `full-disk-access`, `input-monitoring`, `location`, `microphone`,`photos`, `reminders`, `screen`, or `speech-recognition`.
+- `type` String - The type of system component to which you are requesting access. Can be one of `accessibility`, `apple-events`, `bluetooth`, `calendar`, `camera`, `contacts`, `full-disk-access`, `input-monitoring`, `location`, `microphone`,`photos`, `reminders`, `screen`, or `speech-recognition`.
 
 Returns `String` - Can be one of `not determined`, `denied`, `authorized`, or `restricted`.
 

index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const permissions = require('bindings')('permissions.node')
 function getAuthStatus(type) {
   const validTypes = [
     'accessibility',
+    'apple-events',
     'bluetooth',
     'calendar',
     'camera',

permissions.mm

@@ -237,6 +237,34 @@ bool HasOpenSystemPreferencesDialog() {
   return kAuthorized;
 }
 
+// Returns a status indicating whether the user has authorized Apple Events.
+std::string AppleEventsAuthStatus(Napi::Env env) {
+  if (@available(macOS 10.14, *)) {
+    AEDesc target_app = {typeNull, NULL};
+    OSStatus status = AECreateDesc(typeApplicationBundleID, "com.apple.finder",
+                                   strlen("com.apple.finder"), &target_app);
+    if (status != noErr) {
+      std::string err_msg = "Failed to query for Apple Events access";
+      Napi::Error::New(env, err_msg).ThrowAsJavaScriptException();
+      return kNotDetermined;
+    }
+
+    status = AEDeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget(&target_app, kCoreEventClass,
+                                                   kAEOpenDocuments, false);
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&target_app);
+
+    // User prompt has not yet been shown.
+    if (status == errAEEventWouldRequireUserConsent) {
+      return kNotDetermined;
+    }
+
+    return status == noErr ? kAuthorized : kDenied;
+  }
+
+  return kAuthorized;
+}
+
 // Returns a status indicating whether the user has authorized Apple Music
 // Library access.
 std::string MusicLibraryAuthStatus() {
@@ -452,6 +480,8 @@ bool HasOpenSystemPreferencesDialog() {
     auth_status = MusicLibraryAuthStatus();
   } else if (type == "input-monitoring") {
     auth_status = InputMonitoringAuthStatus();
+  } else if (type == "apple-events") {
+    auth_status = AppleEventsAuthStatus(env);
   }
 
   return Napi::Value::From(env, auth_status);