Read the current Focus mode on macOS Monterey (12.0+) using JavaScript for Automation (JXA)

get-focus-mode.js

const app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true

function getJSON(path) {
	const fullPath = path.replace(/^~/, app.pathTo('home folder'))
	const contents = app.read(fullPath)
	return JSON.parse(contents)
}

function run() {

	let focus = "No focus" // default
	const assert = getJSON("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/Assertions.json").data[0].storeAssertionRecords
	const config = getJSON("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json").data[0].modeConfigurations

	if (assert) { // focus set manually

		const modeid = assert[0].assertionDetails.assertionDetailsModeIdentifier
		focus = config[modeid].mode.name

	} else { // focus set by trigger

		const date = new Date
		const now = date.getHours() * 60 + date.getMinutes()

		for (const modeid in config) {

			const triggers = config[modeid].triggers.triggers[0]
			if (triggers && triggers.enabledSetting == 2) {

				const start = triggers.timePeriodStartTimeHour * 60 + triggers.timePeriodStartTimeMinute
				const end = triggers.timePeriodEndTimeHour * 60 + triggers.timePeriodEndTimeMinute
				if (start < end) {
					if (now >= start && now < end) {
						focus = config[modeid].mode.name
					}
				} else if (start > end) { // includes midnight
					if (now >= start || now < end) {
						focus = config[modeid].mode.name
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return focus
}

Thanks so much! no, I am trying to write a swift version to pull the focus mode, but I have a feeling the Apple Sandboxing won't let me access the user library.

Thanks again for making this and also explaining it, much appreciated.

Doesn't seem to return active focus mode name if its been set from another device (in my case an iPhone).

MacOS does recognise its in a Focus mode on the menubar but the script returns:

❯ osascript -l JavaScript ~/scripts/get-focus-mode.js
No focus

Contents of ~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json for active Work mode are:

"com.apple.focus.work": { "triggers": { "triggers": [] }, "automaticallyGenerated": false, "mode": { "name": "Work", "tintColorName": "systemTealColor", "identifier": "<REMOVED>", "semanticType": 4, "symbolImageName": "person.lanyardcard.fill", "modeIdentifier": "com.apple.focus.work", "visibility": 0 }, "dimsLockScreen": 0, "configuration": { "suppressionType": 2, "compatibilityVersion": 3, "configurationType": 0, "minimumBreakthroughUrgency": 1, "hideApplicationBadges": 1 }, "created": 1671056911.476048, "compatibilityVersion": 2, "hasSecureData": true, "impactsAvailability": 0, "lastModified": 1674036685.879897 },

Which suggests that its not matching the following condition:

if (triggers && triggers.enabledSetting == 2)

Maybe a focus mode triggered via geo-location doesn't get written out to ~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json ?

I'm running the script on Ventura 13.4.1, and I get:[ ](focus.js: execution error: Error: Error: Can't convert types. (-1700))

Not sure. It's working for me on the same version, running in Script Editor and Shortcuts, as long as Full Disk Access is allowed in System Settings (siriactionsd, in the case of Shortcuts). This isn't meant to be much more than a hack though.

I use the following Alfred Workflow in order to enable/disable DND: https://github.com/vitorgalvao/calm-notifications-workflow/tree/main/Workflow

It uses its own Shortcut under the hood that needs to be installed first.

I post it here as an example of a working implementation that people can look into.

Python if you want in that context.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json
import os
import datetime

ASSERT_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/Assertions.json")
MODECONFIG_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json")
def get_focus():
    focus = "No focus" #default
    assertJ = json.load(open(ASSERT_PATH))['data'][0]['storeAssertionRecords']
    configJ = json.load(open(MODECONFIG_PATH))['data'][0]['modeConfigurations']
    if assertJ:
        modeid = assertJ[0]['assertionDetails']['assertionDetailsModeIdentifier']
        focus = configJ[modeid]['mode']['name']
    else:
        date = datetime.datetime.today()
        now = date.hour * 60 + date.minute

        for modeid in configJ:
            triggers = configJ[modeid]['triggers']['triggers'][0]
            if triggers and triggers['enabledSetting'] == 2:
                start = triggers['timePeriodStartTimeHour'] * 60 + triggers['timePeriodStartTimeMinute']
                end = triggers['timePeriodEndTimeHour'] * 60 + triggers['timePeriodEndTimeMinute']
                if start < end:
                    if now >= start and now < end:
                        focus = configJ[modeid]['mode']['name']
                elif start > end: # includes midnight
                    if now >= start or now < end:
                        focus = configJ[modeid]['mode']['name']
    return focus

if '__main__' == __name__:
    print(get_focus())