Read KeyBoard Strokes with Python

This will show how to read key strokes from a keyboard using Python. First, the python library Curses must be imported, here is a link to the curses documentation if you would like more in-depth detail. Curses is is used to read key strokes from keyboard and set different actions for each key.

In this example, the Up, Down, Left and Right keys on the keyboard will be used. When a the program is ran, what ever directional key is being pressed will be printed in the terminal. It is important to know that the python file must be executed in the computer terminal. The curses library will not run in a IDE. Use the command sudo python File_Name.py

import curses

#Get Window 
screen = curses.initscr()
# Turn off Echo 
curses.noecho()
#Instant Response 
curses.cbreak()
#Use Special Keys 
screen.keypad(True)

try:
    while True:
        char = screen.getch()
        #if 'q' is pressed 
        if char == ord('q'):
            break
         #If  UP Key is pressed 
        elif char == curses.KEY_UP:
            print("UP Key")
        #If  Down Key is pressed
        elif char == curses.KEY_DOWN:
            print("DOWN Key")
        #If  LeftKey is pressed
        elif char == curses.KEY_LEFT:
            print("LEFT Key")
        #If  Right Key is pressed
        elif char == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
            print("RIGHT Key")
         # If ENTER is pressed 
        elif char == 10:
            print("STOP")
finally:
     #When 'q' is pressed and program ends 
    curses.nocbreak();screen.keypad(0);curses.echo()
    curses.endwin()

The code above will above will print out the the direction of each directional key when that key is pressed. Curses comes with key Constance that allow you to access each key on the keyboard and give it a unique action. Note the command curses.KEY_UP . This references the curses constant for the Up directional key and once the key was pressed the action print(‘UP Key’) was given. Here is a list of the different Constants that come with the library.

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