python listen for keyboard input code example

Example 1: python check key press

import keyboard
# if key 'a' is pressed 
if keyboard.is_pressed('a'):
	print('a key has ben pressed')

Example 2: python listen to keyboard input

# For windows
from pynput import keyboard

def on_press(key):
    try:
        k = key.char  # single-char keys
    except:
        k = key.name  # other keys
    print('Key pressed: ' + k)
    return False  # stop listener; remove this if want more keys

listener = keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press)
listener.start()  # start to listen on a separate thread
listener.join()  # remove if main thread is polling self.keys