how to open a program in python and send keystrokes?

Question

I want to open a browser, click on some fields and then send keystrokes.

The following code clicks at any point on screen.

win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))
win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN,x,y,0,0)
win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP,x,y,0,0)

Now i want to send keystrokes to that active application. How can i do that?

"I want to open a browser, click on some fields and then send keystrokes." Wouldn't scrapy do the job? — Hyperboreus
– Hyperboreus, Commented Oct 14, 2013 at 7:33

Rami · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-14 00:15:01Z

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I think that library from Google code will do the job: http://code.google.com/p/sendkeys-ctypes/

Check that link also for a sample code:

http://win32com.goermezer.de/content/view/136/254/

import win32com.client
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run("outlook")
shell.AppActivate("Outlook")
shell.SendKeys("^o", 0) # 1 für Pause = true 0 für nein
shell.SendKeys("^a", 0)
shell.SendKeys("^c", 0)

answered Oct 14, 2013 at 0:15

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2 Comments

kofhearts Over a year ago

Thanks but here shell.Run("outlook") how to run any executable..where is "outlook" defined?

Rami Over a year ago

In that example, "Outlook" is an executable on the Environment variables (the PATH variable), but you can run any executable, batch file, etc... by specifying the full path as well.

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