macos_get_focused_application

macos_get_focused_application.py

from textwrap import dedent

import subprocess


def macos_get_focused_application():
    return subprocess.check_output(['osascript'], input=dedent('''
        tell application "System Events"
        set frontApp to name of first application process whose frontmost is true
        end tell
    ''').strip().encode('utf-8')).strip().decode('utf-8')