ahk 0.4.0

A Python wrapper for AHK

ahk

A Python wrapper around AHK.

Installation

pip install ahk

Usage

from ahk import AHK
ahk = AHK()
ahk.mouse_move(x=100, y=100, speed=10)  # blocks until mouse finishes moving
print(ahk.mouse_position)  #  (100, 100)

non-blocking modes

You can also opt for a non-blocking interface, so you can do other stuff while AHK scripts run.

import time
from ahk import AHK
ahk = AHK()
ahk.mouse_position = (200, 200)  # moves the mouse instantly to the position
start = time.time()
ahk.mouse_move(x=100, y=100, speed=30, blocking=False)
while True:  #  report mouse position while it moves
    t = round(time.time() - start, 4)
    position = ahk.mouse_position
    print(t, position)
    if position == (100, 100):
        break

You should see an output something like

0.032 (187, 187)
0.094 (173, 173)
0.137 (164, 164)
...
0.788 (100, 103)
0.831 (100, 101)
0.873 (100, 100)

Windows

You can do stuff with windows, too.

Getting windows

from ahk import AHK
from ahk.window import Window
ahk = AHK()
win = ahk.active_window  # get the active window
win = ahk.win_get(title='Untitled - Notepad')  # by title
win = list(ahk.windows())  # list of all windows
win = Window(ahk, ahk_id='0xabc123')  # by ahk_id
win = Window.from_mouse_position(ahk)  # a window under the mouse cursor
win = Window.from_pid('20366')  # by process ID

Working with windows

win.move(x=200, y=300, width=500, height=800)
win.activate()  # give the window focus
win.disable()  # make the window non-interactable
win.enable()  # enable it again
win.to_top()  # moves window on top of other windows
win.to_bottom()
win.always_on_top = True  # make the windows always on top
win.close()

for window in ahk.windows():
    print(window.title)
#  some more attributes
print(window.text)
print(window.rect)  # (x, y, width, height)
print(window.id)  # ahk_id
print(window.pid)
print(window.process)

Debugging

You can enable debug logging, which will output script text before execution, and some other potentially useful debugging information.

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

Non-Python Dependencies

Just the AHK executable. It's expected to be on PATH by default.

Alternatively you can set an AHK_PATH environment variable.

Or, provide it inline

from ahk import AHK
ahk = AHK(executable_path='C:\\ProgramFiles\\AutoHotkey\\AutoHotkey.exe')

Development

Right now this is just an exploration of an idea. It may not even be a particularly good idea.

There's still a bit to be done in the way of implementation.

The vision is to provide additional interfaces that implement the most important parts of the AHK API in a Pythonic way.