Send keys to clipboard or input directly (now only for Mac OS X and partly Linux)

sendkeys.py

# - * - coding: UTF-8 - * -

import subprocess

def macosx_set_clipboard(text):
    p = subprocess.Popen('pbcopy', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    p.communicate(text)

def macosx_send_keys(text):
    text = text.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"')
    code = 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "%s"'
    p = subprocess.Popen('osascript', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    code = code % (text, )
    p.communicate(code)

def xte_send_keys(text):
    subprocess.call(['xte', 'str ' + text])

def unsupported_platform(*args, **kws):
    raise 'Unsupported platform'

set_clipboard = unsupported_platform
send_keys = unsupported_platform

import platform
_system = platform.system()
if _system == 'Darwin':
    set_clipboard = macosx_set_clipboard
    send_keys = macosx_send_keys
    # pre send to accelerate sendkeys
    _p = subprocess.Popen('osascript', stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    _p.stdin.write('tell application "System Events" to keystroke ""')
    _p.stdin.close()
elif _system == 'Linux':
    def prog_exists(prog):
        import os
        import os.path as path
        for p in os.environ["PATH"].split(os.pathsep):
            exe_file = path.join(p, prog)
            if path.exists(exe_file):
                return True
        return False
    if prog_exists('xte'):
        send_keys = xte_send_keys