To access and manipulate your Contacts app data on macOS using Python, the most straightforward approach is to leverage the pyobjc library, which is a set of Python bindings for Objective-C. This allows Python scripts to interact directly with the macOS framework, including the Contacts framework. First, you’ll need to install pyobjc if you haven’t already. You can do this via pip:

pip install pyobjc

Once you have pyobjc installed, you can access your contacts with a script like the following:

import objc
from Foundation import NSArray
from Contacts import CNContactStore, CNContactFetchRequest

# Initialize the contacts store
store = CNContactStore()

# Request access to contacts
def request_access():
    store.requestAccessForEntityType_completion_(0, lambda granted, error: print("Access granted:", granted))

# Fetch all contacts
def fetch_contacts():
    keys_to_fetch = [CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactFamilyNameKey]  # specify the information you want
    request = CNContactFetchRequest.alloc().initWithKeysToFetch_(keys_to_fetch)
    contacts = []
    
    def contact_handler(contact, stop):
        contacts.append(contact)
    
    try:
        store.enumerateContactsWithFetchRequest_error_usingBlock_(request, None, contact_handler)
        for contact in contacts:
            print(f"{contact.givenName} {contact.familyName}")  # Format your output as needed
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Failed to fetch contacts: {e}")

request_access()
fetch_contacts()

This code snippet demonstrates how to request access to your contacts and fetch their details. You can easily expand upon this by adding methods to create new contacts or search for existing ones. Exploring the pyobjc documentation and Apple’s Contacts framework documentation will give you a more comprehensive overview of available methods and properties. This should provide a solid foundation for your projects while saving you from potential confusion associated with using AppleScript.