mac-event-monitor

A Library to Monitor User Interactions

Installation

$ gem install mac-event-monitor

Usage

require 'mac-event-monitor'

monitor = Mac::EventMonitor::Monitor.new

Monitor Mouse Event

monitor.add_listener(:mouse_down) do |event|
  puts [event.location.x, event.location.y].join(',')
end
monitor.run

Monitor Keyboard Event

You need to enable "Access to assistive devices" in the Universal Access preference pane to monitor keyboard event.

monitor.add_listener(:key_down) do |event|
  p event.keycode
  p event.shift_key?
end
monitor.run

Record/Play Events

ruby recorder.rb | ruby player.rb

recorder.rb

require 'mac-event-monitor'
require 'json'

e = Mac::EventMonitor::Monitor.new
events = []
e.add_listener {|e|
  events << e
}
e.run(3)

puts events.to_json

player.rb

require 'mac-event-monitor'
require 'mac-robot'
require 'json'

events = JSON.parse(ARGF.read)
robot = Mac::Robot.new

return if events.size == 0

events.each_with_index do |event, index|
  case event.type
  when :mouse_move
    robot.mouse_move(event.location.x, event.location.y)
  end

  if n = events[index + 1]
    sleep n.time - event.time
  end
end

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request