Applescript : Only run the script if specific input is entered

applescriptpassword

Is it possible to run an applescript ONLY if a specific input is inserted If I put in my attempts at the code i might be clearer at what Im getting at

set x to display dialog "What is your password?" default answer "" with hidden answer
set y to (text returned of x)


display dialog (text returned of x)
display dialog y

if (text returned of y) is 3232 then
  display dialog "Hi" buttons ["OK"]
end if

All the in-between stuff is just testing and making sure everything is working properly

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First, you're trying to check against text returned of y, where y is text returned of x – a string, not a dialog result so text returned of y won't work. Just use y.

Second, you need to be testing your string stored in y against another string, not a number. Wrap 3232 in quotes:

set x to display dialog "What is your password?" default answer "" with hidden answer
set y to (text returned of x)


display dialog (text returned of x)
display dialog y

if y is "3232" then
  display dialog "Hi" buttons ["OK"]
end if

Probably not.

I would imagine that the lock screen is locked down fairly tight - imagine a piece of malware that did just that - except the Automator action sent the password to a server in Bangladesh.

Applescript not returning string

on run
    set cat to value of variable "cat" of front workflow (*I have already defined the variable elsewhere in the workflow*)
    set num to {}
    set myString to ""
    tell application "Contacts"
        repeat with i in cat
            set inGroup to group i
            set phoneProps to value of phones of inGroup's people
            repeat with i in phoneProps
                try
                    set myString to myString & "\n" & first item of i (*gets first number only*)
                on error
                    set myString to myString & "\n" & "blank field" (*covers for empty phone number, otherwise would halt on error*)
                end try
            end repeat
        end repeat
        return myString
    end tell  
end run

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Probably not.

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