Get properties of folder actions

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Some handy handlers to give information about all folder actions.
It use ASObjC to be able to make dictionary. The ‘key’ is the name of folder action
So to get properties you need to know the key name.

use framework "Foundation"
use scripting additions

(**
* [allFolderActionsProperties()]
*)
-- set theNames to (its allFolderActionsProperties()'s allKeys()) as list
-- return (allFolderActionsProperties()'s valueForKey:"Volumes") as record
on allFolderActionsProperties()
	set theDict to current application's NSMutableDictionary's dictionary()
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set folderActions to its name of folder actions
		set theProperties to {}
		repeat with anItem in folderActions
			set end of theProperties to its properties of folder action (contents of anItem)
		end repeat
		repeat with i from 1 to (count folderActions)
			(theDict's setObject:(item i of theProperties) forKey:(item i of folderActions))
		end repeat
		return theDict
	end tell
end allFolderActionsProperties

(**
* [allScriptProperties()]
*)
-- set theNames to (its allScriptProperties()'s allKeys()) as list
-- return (allScriptProperties()'s valueForKey:"Volumes") as record
on allScriptProperties()
	set theDict to current application's NSMutableDictionary's dictionary()
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set folderActions to its name of folder actions
		set theProperties to {}
		repeat with anItem in folderActions
			set end of theProperties to its properties of script of folder action (contents of anItem)
		end repeat
		repeat with i from 1 to (count folderActions)
			(theDict's setObject:(item i of theProperties) forKey:(item i of folderActions))
		end repeat
		return theDict
	end tell
end allScriptProperties

(**
* [isFolderActionEnabled()]
*)
-- its isFolderActionEnabled()
on isFolderActionEnabled()
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup" to folder actions enabled
end isFolderActionEnabled

(**
* [enableFolderAction(string folderActionName)]
*)
-- its enableFolderAction("Volumes")
on enableFolderAction(folderActionName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set folderActions to its name of folder actions
		if folderActionName is in folderActions then
			set enabled of folder action folderActionName to true
		else
			log "Check if folder action name is correct"
		end if
	end tell
end enableFolderAction

(**
* [disableFolderAction(string folderActionName)]
*)
-- its disableFolderAction("Volumes")
on disableFolderAction(folderActionName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set folderActions to its name of folder actions
		if folderActionName is in folderActions then
			set enabled of folder action folderActionName to false
		else
			log "Check if folder action name is correct"
		end if
	end tell
end disableFolderAction

(**
* [enableScriptFolderAction(string folderActionName)]
*)
-- its enableScriptFolderAction("Volumes")
on enableScriptFolderAction(folderActionName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set enabled of script of folder action folderActionName to true
	end tell
end enableScriptFolderAction

(**
* [disableScriptFolderAction(string folderActionName)]
*)
-- its disableScriptFolderAction("Volumes")
on disableScriptFolderAction(folderActionName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set enabled of script of folder action folderActionName to false
	end tell
end disableScriptFolderAction

And to enable/disable folder actions

(**
* [enableFolderActions()]
*)
-- its enableFolderActions()
on enableFolderActions()
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup" to set folder actions enabled to true
end enableFolderActions

(**
* [disableFolderActions()]
*)
-- its disableFolderActions()
on disableFolderActions()
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup" to set folder actions enabled to false
end disableFolderActions

And when we have the folder action script path we could tell Finder to open it for us.

(**
* [openActionFolder(string folderActionName)]
*)
-- its openActionFolder("TestFolder")
on openActionFolder(folderActionName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup" to set thePath to ¬
		POSIX path of script of folder action folderActionName
	set theURL to current application's |NSURL|'s fileURLWithPath:(thePath as string)
	set theFolder to (theURL's URLByDeletingLastPathComponent()) as string
	tell application "Finder" to open theFolder
end openActionFolder

Some strange AppleEvents error I made this instead.

use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

(**
* [openActionFolderSetup()]
*)
-- its openActionFolderSetup()
on openActionFolderSetup()
	set bundleID to "com.apple.FolderActionsSetup"
	set workspace to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()
	set theApp to workspace's URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier:bundleID
	tell application "Finder" to open (theApp as string)
end openActionFolderSetup

And to enable/disable specific folderScriptName, instead of all folderScripts

(**
* [enableScriptFolderAction(string folderActionName,string folderScriptName)]
*)
-- its enableScriptFolderAction("Volumes", "Samsung Volumes.workflow")
on enableScriptFolderAction(folderActionName, folderScriptName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set enabled of script folderScriptName of folder action folderActionName to true
	end tell
end enableScriptFolderAction

(**
* [disableScriptFolderAction(string folderActionName,string folderScriptName)]
*)
-- its disableScriptFolderAction("Volumes", "Samsung Volumes.workflow")
on disableScriptFolderAction(folderActionName, folderScriptName)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		set enabled of script folderScriptName of folder action folderActionName to false
	end tell
end disableScriptFolderAction
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#2

To make a new folder action with properties.

(**
* [makeFolderAction(string folderActionName, string folderTargetPath, 
	string folderScriptName, string folderScriptPath]
*)
-- set homeFolder to POSIX path of (path to home folder)
-- its makeFolderAction("folderActionName", homeFolder, homeFolder & "FolderActions/myFolderScript.scpt")
on makeFolderAction(folderActionName, folderTargetPath, folderScriptPath)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		if (folder action folderActionName exists) is false then
			set folderAction to make new folder action with properties {name:folderActionName, path:folderTargetPath}
			tell folderAction to make new script with properties {POSIX path:folderScriptPath}
		end if
	end tell
end makeFolderAction
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#3

This make new script for folder action, do a check if folder action and script exists

(**
* [makeNewScriptFolderAction(string folderActionName, string folderScriptPath)]
*)
-- set homeFolder to POSIX path of (path to home folder)
-- its makeNewScriptFolderAction("Volumes", homeFolder & "FolderActions/myFolderScript.scpt")
on makeNewScriptFolderAction(folderActionName, folderScriptPath)
	tell application "Folder Actions Setup"
		if folder action folderActionName exists then
			tell folder action folderActionName to tell scripts to set thePaths to its POSIX path
			if folderScriptPath is not in thePaths then
				tell folder action folderActionName to make new script with properties {POSIX path:folderScriptPath}
			else
				log "Folder Script already exists"
			end if
		else
			log "Folder action do not exists"
		end if
	end tell
end makeNewScriptFolderAction
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