AppleScript to forward emails to Zendesk

forward_to_zendesk.scpt

set target_string to "\\"
set zendeskAddress to "support@whatever.zendesk.com"

-- This script forwards an email from Outlook 2011 to your Zendesk support address, provided above.
-- Specifically, it checks your clipboard for a Zendesk message ID and adds it to the subject line if one is there.
-- If there isn't a Zendesk ID in the format [XXXX-XXXX] somewhere on your clipboard, it asks for one.
-- It adds the original sender of the email as the ticket's #requester and marks it a private #note on the ticket.
-- Presently it doesn't forward attachments.
-- To do: have it remove the agent's signature from the message.
-- Chase Roden <chase@roden.cc>

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
	
	set selectedMessages to current messages
	
	if selectedMessages is {} then
		display dialog "Please select a message first and then run this script." with icon 1
		return
	end if
	
	repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
		
		-- get the information from the message, and store it in variables
		set theSubject to subject of theMessage
		set theCategory to category of theMessage
		set theSender to sender of theMessage
		set senderAddress to address of theSender
		if has html of theMessage then
			set theContent to content of theMessage
		else
			set theContent to plain text content of theMessage
		end if
	end repeat
	
	-- Checks the clipboard to see if there's a Zendesk email ID in there, returns 0000 if not
	set cbContents to the clipboard
	set checkClipboardCommand to "echo -e " & quoted form of cbContents & " | grep -oe \\\\[....\\-....\\\\] || echo '0000'"
	set clipboardNumber to (do shell script checkClipboardCommand)
	
	-- Uses the ID from the clipboard in the subject of a new message or asks for an ID
	if clipboardNumber is not "0000" then
		set newSubject to theSubject & " " & clipboardNumber
		set newHeaders to "#note<br>"
	else
		display dialog "Enter ticket ID" default answer ""
		set ticketID to text returned of result
		set newSubject to theSubject & " " & ticketID
		if ticketID = "" then
			set newHeaders to "#note<br>#requester " & senderAddress & "<br><br>"
		else
			set newHeaders to "#note<br>"
		end if
	end if
	
	set newContent to newHeaders & theContent
	set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:newSubject, content:newContent}
	make new recipient of newMessage with properties {email address:{address:zendeskAddress}}
	open newMessage
	
end tell