Is it possible to intercept ThinkorSwim alert text locally

[ChadsMach1]

I’m looking for any supported or semi-supported way to export a custom alert string from ThinkorSwim to another process running on the same Windows machine, with low and consistent latency (<2 seconds).

Constraints (important):

• I already know ThinkScript cannot place trades directly.
• Email alerts are not acceptable due to server-side and SMTP latency/jitter.
• Windows Toast notifications do not appear to be available in my TOS environment.
• I am not looking to screen scrape, OCR, or parse pixels.
• I am not trying to read undocumented cache or binary files.

What I do need:

• A way for a ThinkScript alert to reliably emit a single-line structured string (e.g. CC|ENTER|PUT|5070|09:56)
• That string must be observable locally by another program (Python/C#/etc.)
• Bar-close alerts on a 1-minute chart

Things I’ve already ruled out:

• Message Center log files (no readable/stable log on disk)
• Email → IMAP polling (too slow/unpredictable)
• Windows Toast notifications (not generated)

My question to the community:
Are there any non-screen-scraping mechanisms left to intercept ThinkorSwim alert text locally?

Examples of what I’m hoping someone might know about:

• Any alert action that writes to a file or system log
• Any documented OS-level event TOS triggers on alert
• Any supported integration point I may have missed

If the answer is truly “no,” that’s fine — I just want to confirm I’ve exhausted the clean options before fully porting the logic elsewhere.

Appreciate any insight!

 

[halcyonguy]

maybe the api can do what you want
https://developer.schwab.com/