Reverse of SendKeys??

[Scripter47]

Hey!

I know there is a module named SendKeys.
SendKeys module it can type strings as you where typing it, on the keyboard.
But is there a module that does the reverse. A module that gets
_anything_ what the keyboard writes.
For example. If i type "hey" on my keyboard. Will the program get the
string even if the program not is on focus..

Thanks

Sorry for bad English...
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[Erik Johnson]

Aside from the obvious security issues such a program would represent
(and your name and signature are curious in that respect as well), you are
basically asking for functionality (i.e., a key logger) I believe to be
outside what is offered by Python and/or the API of most operating systems.

Perhaps you should take up assembly programming?

 

[Ravi Teja]

Hey!

I know there is a module named SendKeys.
SendKeys module it can type strings as you where typing it, on the keyboard.
But is there a module that does the reverse. A module that gets
_anything_ what the keyboard writes.
For example. If i type "hey" on my keyboard. Will the program get the
string even if the program not is on focus..

PyHook is what you need.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~parente/tech/tr08.shtml
It can signal for both global keyboard as well as mouse events.

 

[Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner]

Aside from the obvious security issues such a program would
represent (and your name and signature are curious in that respect as
well), you are basically asking for functionality (i.e., a key logger)
I believe to be outside what is offered by Python and/or the API of
most operating systems.

I agree on the security issues, and on the statement, that writing a key
logger is outside the scope of the standard python library. But it is
easily possible to write a key logger using the API of common operating
systems. Windows provides hooks for intercepting messages from input
devices such as keyboard and mouse. On Linux you can either write a
kernel module, which is the less portable, but more effective way, or
you can code a X11 key logger, which will also work on other unix-like
systems with a working X11 installation.