Add Main Method
Add main
I want to put the actual logic of this script in a python3 main method. I’m only interested in the non-blocking fashion, so I will remove the unnecessary option.
Remove:
# Collect events until released
with keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press, on_release=on_release) as listener:
listener.join()
Since the program isn’t blocked I will need to have the program sleep() for a few seconds to actively monitor the keyboard, and then it will automatically stop the listener.
I will need to add an import for the sleep() method from the time package:
from time import sleep
Finally I will move the non-blocking option into the main method, start the listener, sleep for a few seconds, and then stop the listener:
# ...or, in a non-blocking fashion:
if __name__ == "__main__":
listener = keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press, on_release=on_release)
listener.start()
sleep(30)
listener.stop()
Then give it a run:
The script stops the listener and exits after one period of 30 second monitoring.