Get text from current cursor position From Pages app in Mac

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Is it possible to get the text of Pages app, from its current cursor position? My requirement is like, when user type something in "Pages", I have to show suggestions for the word they are typing.

so I want to find out the current or last word, near current cursor position from "Pages" app. Either by using AppleScript or Accessibility? Text is not selected. I am not looking for "Services" also. For apps other than "Pages", I used Accessibility and appleScript. but for pages I am not finding any way.

I have also tried below AppleScript, but some reason it works perfectly in "Script Editor", but when I use it in my code, it goes to infinite loop.

tell application "Pages"
    activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    tell application "System Events"
        key code 123 using {shift down, command down} -- shift-command-left
    end tell
    tell process "Pages"
        keystroke "c" using {command down}
        delay 1
        tell application "System Events"
            key code 124 -- shift-command-left
        end tell
        set myData to (the clipboard) as text
        return myData
    end tell
end tell

If I run this AppleScript in my app, it freeze my Mac only, I have to force quit the Mac to stop it.

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1 Answers

This works for me using the latest versions of macOS Mojave and Pages

property theApp : "Pages" -- change value to name of any other application (TextEdit)

tell application theApp to activate
delay 3
tell application "System Events"
    tell application process theApp
        -- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
        key code 123 using {option down} -- left arrow key while holding option down
        delay 0.2
        -- Move the insertion point to the end of the next word. (selects the word)
        key code 124 using {shift down, option down} -- right arrow key while holding option and shift down
        delay 0.2
        keystroke "c" using {command down} -- copies selected wprd 
        delay 0.2
        -- Next 2 key code commands attempt to restore cursor location  
        key code 124 using {option down} -- right arrow key while holding option down
        delay 0.2
        key code 123 using {option down} -- left arrow key while holding option down
        tell current application to set myData to (the clipboard) as text
        delay 4
        return myData
    end tell
end tell
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