PyHooked: a pure Python hotkey module

ATTENTION: New users are highly recommended to use keyboard for new projects. This library is in maintenance mode. I will only be making bug fixes, and plan on end support entirely in the next 6-12 months.

About -

PyHooked is a pure python keyboard and mouse hotkey module that allows the creation of hotkeys in all Python implementations that support sane implementations of ctypes. Instead of messing around with low level Windows calls, just give Hooked a callback and tell it to start listening.

PyHooked supports IronPython (2.7.5+, incl. 2.7.6 RC2), PyPy (5.3.1+) and CPython (Tested:2.7 x86,3.4 x64,3.5 x86; Most are likely to work) currently. It is pure Python, so porting to other Python implementations and versions should be very simple.

Usage -

Please see example.py for a basic example.

If you are using it with a UI library, please see example_gui.py

Please note that the wiki is out of date, and needs to be updated.

Installing

Just run $ pip install pyhooked or $ pip install git+https://github.com/ethanhs/pyhooked.git to get the latest version.

Alternatives -

pyHook and pyhk inspired the creation of this project. They are great hotkey modules too!

pywinauto is an incredibly useful Windows automation library that also includes among a plethora of tools, a hotkey detection library.

License -

PyHooked Copyright (C) 2015 Ethan Smith This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; PyHooked is licensed under the LGPL v3, or at your choice, any later version. This program comes with the lgpl in a .txt file.

Pyhooked v0.8+ is based on work by Maxim Samokhvalov, who has my graditude for his work, and others in the PyWinAuto project, licensed under the BSD 3-clause license. The copyright notice is given below.

 Copyright (C) 2016 Maxim Samokhvalov
 Copyright (C) 2016 Vasily Ryabov
 Copyright (C) 2016 ethanhs
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As of v0.6, the module is LGPL licensed, not under the GPL.

The Future -

Here are a few things that I would like to see:

• add support for args for called functions (DONE)
• get mouse inputs (DONE)
• support all scancodes found here (DONE)
• Jython support
• ????
  I am open to feature requests. If you have ideas, let me know (mr.smittye (at) gmail). Or, even better, make your changes and a pull request!