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How do I cancel an automation script in python outside of my IDE

I created a short script to help out with work today. I set it up so as long as there isn't an interrupt, my loop continues, but the second I press ctrl+c, the script should stop. It stops if I'm clicked in my editor or python shell, but if I'm in the window I want to use automation for, it does not stop. Can someone help me figure this out?

Here is the code, including modifications suggested by Hanz:

import pyautogui
import sys
import time

#Timer to get setup
for i in range(7,0,-1):
    sys.stdout.write(str(i)+' ')
    sys.stdout.flush()
    time.sleep(1)

# i move the loop section

import keyboard

# Defining a interrupter
def interrupter():
    raise KeyboardInterrupt("[i] Interrupted!")
    # Or use exit
    # exit()

# assigning the function to your code
keyboard.add_hotkey("ctrl+shift+c",interrupter)

#Loop
try:
    while True:
        pyautogui.click()
        time.sleep(0.33)
        pyautogui.hotkey("enter")
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    exit()

Error I am receiving based modifications:

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Programs\Thonny\lib\threading.py", line 926, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Programs\Thonny\lib\threading.py", line 870, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\keyboard\_generic.py", line 58, in process
    if self.pre_process_event(event):
  File "C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\keyboard\__init__.py", line 218, in pre_process_event
    callback(event)
  File "C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\keyboard\__init__.py", line 649, in <lambda>
    handler = lambda e: (event_type == KEY_DOWN and e.event_type == KEY_UP and e.scan_code in _logically_pressed_keys) or (event_type == e.event_type and callback())
  File "C:\Users\myname\Coding\Pythoon\mousecontroller.py", line 17, in interrupter
    raise KeyboardInterrupt("[i] Interrupted!")
KeyboardInterrupt: [i] Interrupted!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 426

Answers (1)

Hanz
Hanz

Reputation: 445

You can use another Python Package, keyboard and mouse.

Installation: pip3 install keyboard mouse

Usage:

import sys
import time

#Timer to get setup
for i in range(7,0,-1):
    sys.stdout.write(str(i)+' ')
    sys.stdout.flush()
    time.sleep(1)

# i move the loop section

import keyboard, mouse

#Loop
while keyboard.is_pressed("ctrl+shift+c") == False:
    mouse.click()
    time.sleep(0.33)
    keyboard.send("enter")

Upvotes: 1

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