PyYdotool

Python bindings for ydotool >= 1.0.1

This project was inspired by pyxdotool

All ydotool commands are chainable.

Example

from ydotool import YdoTool
ydo = YdoTool().key("29:1", "56:1", "59:1", "59:0", "56:0", "29:0") # press and release 'LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+F1'
ydo.sleep(0.5).type("echo 'foo bar'")
# execution is done here
ydo.exec()

Requirements

• Ydotool >= 1.0.1

• Access to /dev/uinput device is required. It can be set by adding udev rules.
  Example tested for Fedora:

  /etc/udev/rules.d/60-uinput.rules

  KERNEL=="uinput", SUBSYSTEM=="misc", TAG+="uaccess", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"
  

  This rules will allow regular user logged in to the machine to access uinput device.