Python get mouse position and listen for keyboard commands

Question

I have written a small function that gets the current position of the mouse cursor and prints it to a command line. However I want to also be able to press a key at any point and it will run a function. However if there is no key press I want it to continue running the function and printing the position of the mouse...

Code for the mouse pos:

while True :
    x, y = win32api.GetCursorPos()
    data = (str(x) + " " + str(y))
    print data
    time.sleep(0.1)

The code I added for the key press was this:

while True :
    if msvcrt.getch() == "h" :
        data = "h"
    else :
        x, y = win32api.GetCursorPos()
        data = (str(x) + " " + str(y))
    print data
    time.sleep(0.1)

However the problem with this is that it waits until I press a key to run the get cursor position. It also doesn't register a key press of h when the program is unfocused which is a necessity.

Thanks for any help,

Ryan.

possible duplicate of [Applying low-level keyboard hooks with Python and SetWindowsHookExA](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9817531/applying-low-level-keyboard-hooks-with-python-and-setwindowshookexa) — Peter Wood, Aug 06 '15 at 16:05
So, you want `h` to do something any time you press it? How would you be able to type? I guess if that's what you want though, you need to [register a hook](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms644990(v=vs.85).aspx). — Peter Wood, Aug 06 '15 at 16:07
@PeterWood Would a hook work if the console was unfocused? And yes when h is pressed I want it to run a function otherwise keep getting the position of the mouse — cookies, Aug 06 '15 at 16:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:19

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You should try "PyAutoGUI"

PyAutoGUI can help you control Mouse and Keyboard Hope this can help you

answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:19

Rapunzel Kath

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The documentation of PyAutoGUI is at https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. – Qin Heyang Jul 23 '22 at 00:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '19 at 07:45

In the past, I've used the pynput module for sending and listening for key presses and mouse clicks.

To get the mouse position, you would use:

from pynput import*
mouse_controller=mouse.Controller()
print mouse_controller.position

To send a key press, you would use:

from pynput import*
keyboard_controller=keyboard.Controller()
keyboard_controller.type("Something")

You can see more on the pynput module by clicking the link.

Python get mouse position and listen for keyboard commands

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