libxdo is the library behind xdotool, a tool to "fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more".
This package aims to provide ctypes-based Python bindings (and a more pythonic way to use the C library, of course..)
WARNING The project is still work in progress! Only a small part of the library is supported, and tests / documentation are missing. Use with care (and make sure to report any issue you should find!)
Documentation is hosted on Read The Docs:
http://python-libxdo.readthedocs.org/
Note: there currently is a problem building the documentation on RTD
due to missing libxdo library (which makes importing xdo.xdo fail).
For this reason, a (locally-generated) copy of the documentation is
hosted on github pages:
https://rshk.github.io/python-libxdo
Ask the user to click a window with the mouse, then write "Python rocks!" to that window.
from xdo import Xdo
xdo = Xdo()
win_id = xdo.select_window_with_click()
xdo.enter_text_window(win_id, 'Python rocks!')The library is currently tested on:
| OS | Architecture | libxdo version | Date | Test result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian GNU/Linux "jessie" (testing) | amd64 | 3.20130111.1-3.1 | ✓ success | |
| Archlinux | amd64 | 3.20150503.1 | 2015-11-16 | ✓ success |
The package is available on pypi https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-libxdo/
Install via pip:
pip install python-libxdo
Install the tarball directly from github:
pip install https://github.com/rshk/python-libxdo/tarball/master
Install in development mode from git:
pip install -e 'git+https://github.com/rshk/python-libxdo.git#egg=python-libxdo'