How to return the text value of a TextEdit QML

Question

I have 2 files a main.qml (which holds all of the data for the ui) and a main.py which (which starts the window and will control the logic). I can not figure out how to find the value of the text input.

Ui screenshot

main.py

import os
from pathlib import Path
import sys
import pideck_query
import keyboard
import threading

from PySide2.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PySide2.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine

#closes window
def quit():
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
def UserInput():
    while True:
        if keyboard.is_pressed('enter'):
            print()#i want this to print the text that the user has entered
            #pideck_query.ManualEnter()
            break
#creates window and calls to check for old
if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)
    engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
    engine.load(os.fspath(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "main.qml"))
    pideck_query.CheckForOld()
    x = threading.Thread(target=UserInput)
    x.start()
    if not engine.rootObjects():
        sys.exit(-1)
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.14
import QtQuick.Window 2.14

Window {
    id: window
    width: 1920
    height: 1080
    visible: true
    color: "#39393a"
    title: qsTr("PiDeck")


    Text {
        id: dropshadow
        text: qsTr("Searching For Pideck Device...")
        anchors.left: title_text.right
        anchors.top: title_text.bottom
        font.pixelSize: 120
        anchors.leftMargin: -1806
        anchors.topMargin: -131
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"
    }

    Text {
        id: title_text
        color: "#ffffff"
        text: qsTr("Searching For Pideck Device...")
        anchors.left: parent.left
        anchors.top: parent.top
        font.pixelSize: 120
        anchors.leftMargin: 53
        anchors.topMargin: 40
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"
    }

    TextInput {
        id: ip_input
        width: 830
        height: 121
        color: "#ffffff"
        text: qsTr("Or enter ip manually")
        anchors.left: title_text.right
        anchors.top: title_text.bottom
        font.pixelSize: 80
        anchors.leftMargin: -1813
        anchors.topMargin: 188
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"
    }
}

/*##^##
Designer {
    D{i:0;formeditorZoom:0.33}D{i:1}D{i:2}D{i:3}
}
##^##*/

Answer 1

It is not necessary to use keyboard or an external library to get the QML text. The solution is to create a QObject and expose a method through Slot, and that method must be called when Keys.onReturnPressed is called.

import os
from pathlib import Path
import sys


from PySide2.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject, Qt, QUrl, Slot
from PySide2.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PySide2.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine

CURRENT_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).resolve().parent


class Backend(QObject):
    @Slot(str)
    def foo(self, text):
        print("text")


def main():
    app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)

    backend = Backend(app)

    engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()

    engine.rootContext().setContextProperty("backend", backend)

    filename = os.fspath(CURRENT_DIRECTORY / "main.qml")
    url = QUrl.fromLocalFile(filename)

    def handle_object_created(obj, obj_url):
        if obj is None and url == obj_url:
            QCoreApplication.exit(-1)

    engine.objectCreated.connect(handle_object_created, Qt.QueuedConnection)
    engine.load(url)

    sys.exit(app.exec_())


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

import QtQuick 2.14
import QtQuick.Window 2.14

Window {
    id: window
    width: 1920
    height: 1080
    visible: true
    color: "#39393a"
    title: qsTr("PiDeck")


    Text {
        id: dropshadow
        text: qsTr("Searching For Pideck Device...")
        anchors.left: title_text.right
        anchors.top: title_text.bottom
        font.pixelSize: 120
        anchors.leftMargin: -1806
        anchors.topMargin: -131
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"
    }

    Text {
        id: title_text
        color: "#ffffff"
        text: qsTr("Searching For Pideck Device...")
        anchors.left: parent.left
        anchors.top: parent.top
        font.pixelSize: 120
        anchors.leftMargin: 53
        anchors.topMargin: 40
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"
    }

    TextInput {
        id: ip_input
        width: 830
        height: 121
        color: "#ffffff"
        text: qsTr("Or enter ip manually")
        anchors.left: title_text.right
        anchors.top: title_text.bottom
        font.pixelSize: 80
        anchors.leftMargin: -1813
        anchors.topMargin: 188
        font.weight: Font.ExtraBold
        font.family: "Tahoma"

        Keys.onReturnPressed: {
            backend.foo(ip_input.text)
        }
    }
}

/*##^##
Designer {
    D{i:0;formeditorZoom:0.33}D{i:1}D{i:2}D{i:3}
}
##^##*/