Cross-platform getch() for Python without any fuss

getch.py

import platform

if platform.system() == "Windows":
	import msvcrt
	def getch():
		return msvcrt.getch()
else:
	import tty, termios, sys
	def getch():
		fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
		old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
		try:
			tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
			ch = sys.stdin.read(1)
		finally:
			termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
		return ch

This does have a minor type disparity. msvcrt.getch() returns bytes while sys.stdin.read(1) returns str. There is msvcrt.getwch() available which returns str.