Controlling mouse with Python

Question

Tested on WinXP, Python 2.6 (3.x also tested) after installing pywin32 (pywin32-214.win32-py2.6.exe in my case):

import win32api, win32con
def click(x,y):
    win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))
    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN,x,y,0,0)
    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP,x,y,0,0)
click(10,10)

Try with the PyAutoGUI module. It's multiplatform.

pip install pyautogui

And so:

import pyautogui
pyautogui.click(100, 100)

It also has other features:

import pyautogui
pyautogui.moveTo(100, 150)
pyautogui.moveRel(0, 10)  # move mouse 10 pixels down
pyautogui.dragTo(100, 150)
pyautogui.dragRel(0, 10)  # drag mouse 10 pixels down

This is much easier than going through all the win32con stuff.

You can use win32api or ctypes module to use win32 apis for controlling mouse or any gui

Here is a fun example to control mouse using win32api:

import win32api
import time
import math

for i in range(500):
    x = int(500+math.sin(math.pi*i/100)*500)
    y = int(500+math.cos(i)*100)
    win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))
    time.sleep(.01)

A click using ctypes:

import ctypes

# see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646260(VS.85).aspx for details
ctypes.windll.user32.SetCursorPos(100, 20)
ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(2, 0, 0, 0,0) # left down
ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(4, 0, 0, 0,0) # left up

As of 2021, you can use mouse:

import mouse
mouse.move("500", "500")
mouse.left_click()

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Features

• Global event hook on all mice devices (captures events regardless of focus).
• Listen and sends mouse events.
• Works with Windows and Linux (requires sudo).
• Pure Python, no C modules to be compiled.
• Zero dependencies. Trivial to install and deploy, just copy the files.
• Python 2 and 3
• Includes high level API (e.g. record and play).
• Events automatically captured in separate thread, doesn't block main program.
• Tested and documented.

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Installation

• Windows: pip install mouse
• Linux: sudo pip install mouse

Another option is to use the cross-platform AutoPy package. This package has two different options for moving the mouse:

This code snippet will instantly move the cursor to position (200,200):

import autopy
autopy.mouse.move(200,200)

If you instead want the cursor to visibly move across the screen to a given location, you can use the smooth_move command:

import autopy
autopy.mouse.smooth_move(200,200)