sendkeys

sendkeys is a golang module that strives to be a usability wrapper for the keybd_event library.

Status

sendkeys is in early development. tests pass on a real machine, but I'm done trying to make github actions work for this one.

Local Test Results

=== RUN   Test_strToKeys
    sendkeys_test.go:51: string: yeet, keys: []int{21, 18, 18, 20}
    sendkeys_test.go:51: string: YEET, keys: []int{-21, -18, -18, -20}
    sendkeys_test.go:51: string: YeeT, keys: []int{-21, 18, 18, -20}
--- PASS: Test_strToKeys (0.00s)
=== RUN   Test_NewKBWrapWithOptions
    sendkeys_test.go:72: [OPT] Noisy: true NoDelay: true Stubborn: true Random: true
    sendkeys_test.go:86: [OPT] Noisy: false NoDelay: false Stubborn: false Random: false
--- PASS: Test_NewKBWrapWithOptions (2.00s)
=== RUN   Test_sendkeys
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: t
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 4 characters: yeet
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: Y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: T
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 4 characters: YeeT
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: Y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: t
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: !
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 5 characters: Yeet!
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: \
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: '
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: `
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: /
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: 3
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: 3
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: 7
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: !
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: '
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: \
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 10 characters: \'`/337!'\
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: W
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: l
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: c
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: o
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: m
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: t
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: o
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: t
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: t
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: o
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: w
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: n
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ,
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: b
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: u
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: d
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: d
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: !
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 28 characters: Welcome to yeet town, buddy!
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: `
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ~
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: !
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: @
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: #
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: $
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: %
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ^
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: &
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: *
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: (
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: )
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: -
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: _
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: =
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: +
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: '
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ;
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: :
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: <
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: >
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: /
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: \
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ,
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: .
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: |
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: {
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: }
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: [
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ]
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: `
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ~
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ,
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: y
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: o
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: u
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: f
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: l
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: m
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: e
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: d
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: a
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: w
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: g
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed: ?
    sendkeys_test.go:27: Key pressed:
    sendkeys_test.go:32: spacebar detected
    sendkeys_test.go:171: got 52 characters: `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+';:<>/\,.|{}[]`~, you feel me dawg?
--- PASS: Test_sendkeys (6.09s)
PASS
ok  	git.tcp.direct/kayos/sendkeys	8.139s

Compatibility

sendkeys has only been tested in Linux so far.

Credits

• micmonay of course, for creating keybd_event.

• Christopher Latham Sholes for his work on the QWERTY keyboard.