applescript - JXA: Create a mailbox in Apple Mail -

i trying create sub-mailbox in apple mail using javascript.

i have following code snippet (parent reference mailbox in want new mailbox):

var mb = mail.mailbox({name: "subfolder"}); parent.mailboxes.push(mb); 

the events log shows:

app = application("mail")  app.mailboxes.byname("local").mailboxes.byname("archive").mailboxes.push(app.mailbox({"name":"subfolder"}))      --> error -10000: appleevent handler failed. 

what doing wrong?

thanks, craig.

code now:

var mb = mail.mailbox({name: "local/archive/test archive/subfolder"}) logger.logdebug("mb = '" + automation.getdisplaystring(mb) + "'."); mail.mailboxes.push(mb)                     // create subfolder 

this works long there no spaces in path. tried force space using \\ in front of it, "test\ archive" name.

so how space in name work?

thanks.

to create sub-folder, need name posix path --> "/themastermailbox/submailbox1/submailbox2/submailbox3".

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so, need:

• a loop put name of each parent folder array.
• use join('/') join elements of array string.
• use mail.mailboxes.push(mb) instead of parent.mailboxes.push(mb)

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here's sample script creates mailbox named "subfolder" in selected folder (the mailbox):

mail = application('com.apple.mail') parent = mail.messageviewers()[0].selectedmailboxes()[0]  mboxnames = [parent.name()] thisfolder = parent try {     while (true) { // loop while exists parent folder          mboxnames.unshift(thisfolder.container().name()) // add name of parent folder beginning of array         thisfolder = thisfolder.container() // parent of thisfolder     } } catch (e) {} // nothing on error, because thisfolder top folder  mboxnames.push("subfolder") // append name of new subfolder array  mboxpath = mboxnames.join('/') // string (the names separated "/") mb = mail.mailbox({name:mboxpath}) mail.mailboxes.push(mb) // create subfolder