Added --selected, closes #489

README.md

@@ -753,6 +753,9 @@ Options:
                                   more than one regular expression match by
                                   repeating '--regex' with different arguments.
 
+  --selected                      Filter for photos that are currently selected
+                                  in Photos.
+
   --query-eval CRITERIA           Evaluate CRITERIA to filter photos. CRITERIA
                                   will be evaluated in context of the following
                                   python list comprehension: `photos = [photo
@@ -1776,7 +1779,7 @@ Substitution                    Description
 {lf}                            A line feed: '\n', alias for {newline}
 {cr}                            A carriage return: '\r'
 {crlf}                          a carriage return + line feed: '\r\n'
-{osxphotos_version}             The osxphotos version, e.g. '0.42.59'
+{osxphotos_version}             The osxphotos version, e.g. '0.42.61'
 {osxphotos_cmd_line}            The full command line used to run osxphotos
 
 The following substitutions may result in multiple values. Thus if specified for
@@ -3608,7 +3611,7 @@ The following template field substitutions are availabe for use the templating s
 |{lf}|A line feed: '\n', alias for {newline}|
 |{cr}|A carriage return: '\r'|
 |{crlf}|a carriage return + line feed: '\r\n'|
-|{osxphotos_version}|The osxphotos version, e.g. '0.42.59'|
+|{osxphotos_version}|The osxphotos version, e.g. '0.42.61'|
 |{osxphotos_cmd_line}|The full command line used to run osxphotos|
 |{album}|Album(s) photo is contained in|
 |{folder_album}|Folder path + album photo is contained in. e.g. 'Folder/Subfolder/Album' or just 'Album' if no enclosing folder|

osxphotos/_version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ version info """
 
-__version__ = "0.42.60"
+__version__ = "0.42.61"

osxphotos/cli.py

@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@ def QUERY_OPTIONS(f):
             "For example, to find photos in an album that begins with 'Beach': '--regex \"^Beach\" \"{album}\"'. "
             "You may specify more than one regular expression match by repeating '--regex' with different arguments.",
         ),
+        o(
+            "--selected",
+            is_flag=True,
+            help="Filter for photos that are currently selected in Photos.",
+        ),
         o(
             "--query-eval",
             metavar="CRITERIA",
@@ -1182,6 +1187,7 @@ def export(
     min_size,
     max_size,
     regex,
+    selected,
     query_eval,
     query_function,
     duplicate,
@@ -1345,6 +1351,7 @@ def export(
         min_size = cfg.min_size
         max_size = cfg.max_size
         regex = cfg.regex
+        selected = cfg.selected
         query_eval = cfg.query_eval
         query_function = cfg.query_function
         duplicate = cfg.duplicate
@@ -1663,6 +1670,7 @@ def export(
         min_size=min_size,
         max_size=max_size,
         regex=regex,
+        selected=selected,
         query_eval=query_eval,
         function=query_function,
         duplicate=duplicate,
@@ -2071,6 +2079,7 @@ def query(
     min_size,
     max_size,
     regex,
+    selected,
     query_eval,
     query_function,
     add_to_album,
@@ -2105,6 +2114,7 @@ def query(
         min_size,
         max_size,
         regex,
+        selected,
         duplicate,
     ]
     exclusive = [
@@ -2235,6 +2245,7 @@ def query(
         query_eval=query_eval,
         function=query_function,
         regex=regex,
+        selected=selected,
         duplicate=duplicate,
     )
 

osxphotos/photosdb/photosdb.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from pprint import pformat
 from typing import List
 
 import bitmath
+import photoscript
 
 from .._constants import (
     _DB_TABLE_NAMES,
@@ -3324,6 +3325,18 @@ class PhotosDB:
         elif options.no_location:
             photos = [p for p in photos if p.location == (None, None)]
 
+        if options.selected:
+            # photos selected in Photos app
+            try:
+                # catch AppleScript errors as the scripting interfce to Photos is flaky
+                selected = photoscript.PhotosLibrary().selection
+                selected_uuid = [p.uuid for p in selected]
+                photos = [p for p in photos if p.uuid in selected_uuid]
+            except Exception:
+                # no photos selected or a selected photo was "open"
+                # selection only works if photos selected in main media browser
+                photos = []
+
         if options.function:
             for function in options.function:
                 photos = function[0](photos)

osxphotos/queryoptions.py

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class QueryOptions:
     location: Optional[bool] = None
     no_location: Optional[bool] = None
     function: Optional[List[Tuple[callable, str]]] = None
+    selected: Optional[bool] = None
 
     def asdict(self):
         return asdict(self)