A PyObjC StickiesDatabase reader.

Sticky.py

from Foundation import *
from AppKit import NSAttributedString
import os

class Sticky(NSObject):
  """A Stickies document. 
  Attributes (from class dump):
    int windowColor
    int windowFlags
    _NSRect windowFrame
    NSDate *creationDate
    NSDate *modificationDate
    NSData *rtfdData
  """
  stickiesDatabasePath = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/StickiesDatabase")

  def initWithCoder_(self, aDecoder):
    self.rtfdData = aDecoder.decodeObject()
    self.windowFlags = aDecoder.decodeValueOfObjCType_at_("i")
    self.windowFrame = aDecoder.decodeValueOfObjCType_at_("{_NSRect={_NSPoint=ff}{_NSSize=ff}}")
    self.windowColor = aDecoder.decodeValueOfObjCType_at_("i")
    self.creationDate = aDecoder.decodeObject()
    self.modificationDate = aDecoder.decodeObject()
    return self
  
  def stringValue(self):
    str, attrs = NSAttributedString.alloc().initWithRTFD_documentAttributes_(self.rtfdData, None)
    return str.string()

  @classmethod
  def allStickies(self):
    NSUnarchiver.decodeClassName_asClassName_("Document", NSStringFromClass(self))
    return NSUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithFile_(self.stickiesDatabasePath)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  for sticky in Sticky.allStickies():
    # Do something useful
    print sticky.stringValue()