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Take a screenshot for a window, query by window title (windowShot.py 'Mail') output to tmp directory.
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windowShot.py
import os
from sys import argv
from Quartz import CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo, kCGWindowListExcludeDesktopElements, kCGNullWindowID,kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly
windowList = CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly | kCGWindowListExcludeDesktopElements, kCGNullWindowID)
systemWindows = ['SystemUIServer', 'Window Server', 'Spotlight']
searchname = argv[1].lower()
for i in windowList:
if searchname in i['kCGWindowOwnerName'].lower() and i['kCGWindowOwnerName'] not in systemWindows:
print(i['kCGWindowNumber'], i['kCGWindowOwnerName'])
os.system('screencapture -l{0} "tmp/{0}{1}.png"'.format(i['kCGWindowNumber'], i['kCGWindowOwnerName']))
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