pyHook Example - Capture Mouse and Keyboard Events in Windows using Python

Here is a sample python program to capture mouse and keyboard events in windows.


import os
import time
import pyHook # http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyhook/
from win32gui import GetWindowRect, GetClassName, GetWindowText

curTime = time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", time.localtime(time.time()))

if not os.path.exists("Messages"):
os.mkdir("Messages")

f = open("Messages\\messages"+ curTime +".txt", "w")

def Log(logStr):
print str(logStr)
f.write(logStr + "\n")


def OnMouseEvent(event):
Log('MessageName:' + str(event.MessageName))
Log('Message:' + str(event.Message))
Log('Time:' + str(event.Time))
Log('Window:' + str(event.Window))
if event.Window != 0:
Log('Window Rect:' + str( GetWindowRect(event.Window)))
Log('Window Class Name:' + str( GetClassName(event.Window)))
#Log('Window Text:' + str( GetWindowText(event.Window)))
Log('WindowName:' + str(event.WindowName))
Log('Position:' + str(event.Position))
Log('Wheel:' + str(event.Wheel))
Log('Injected:' + str(event.Injected))
Log('---')

# return True to pass the event to other handlers
# return False to stop the event from propagating
return True

def OnKeyboardEvent(event):
Log('MessageName:' + str(event.MessageName))
Log('Message:' + str(event.Message))
Log('Time:' + str(event.Time))
Log('Window:' + str(event.Window))
if event.Window != 0:
Log('Window Rect:' + str( GetWindowRect(event.Window)))
Log('Window Class Name:' + str( GetClassName(event.Window)))
#Log('Window Text:' + str( GetWindowText(event.Window)))
Log('WindowName:' + str(event.WindowName))
Log('Ascii:' + str( event.Ascii) + str( chr(event.Ascii)))
Log('Key:' + str( event.Key))
Log('KeyID:' + str( event.KeyID))
Log('ScanCode:' + str( event.ScanCode))
Log('Extended:' + str( event.Extended))
Log('Injected:' + str( event.Injected))
Log('Alt' + str( event.Alt))
Log('Transition' + str( event.Transition))
Log('---')

# return True to pass the event to other handlers
# return False to stop the event from propagating
return True

# create the hook mananger
hm = pyHook.HookManager()
# register two callbacks
hm.MouseAllButtonsDown = OnMouseEvent
hm.KeyDown = OnKeyboardEvent

# hook into the mouse and keyboard events
hm.HookMouse()
hm.HookKeyboard()

if __name__ == '__main__':
import pythoncom
pythoncom.PumpMessages()