How to do keydown in python without pygame?

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I've been searching the web on how to register a key down in python. All the websites I've tried all say to use pygame. Can i do it without pygame?

To accept a "key down event" you'll need to be using some of API that models the idea of a window or context in which a "key down event" can happen. Python itself doesn't model this concept in the language or the API (aside from perhaps in the console API, [see here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/983354/how-do-i-make-python-to-wait-for-a-pressed-key) maybe?). PyGame is one such API that provides windowing concepts. If you don't want to use PyGame you probably have to find another windowing API. — , Aug 06 '15 at 18:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '15 at 19:10

Don't know what are your exact needs, but the curses module can achieve such things (console program):

from curses import wrapper

def main(stdscr):
    stdscr.clear()

    c = stdscr.getkey()

    if c == 'KEY_DOWN':
        stdscr.addstr(10, 2, 'key down detected')
    else:
        stdscr.addstr(10, 2, 'You pressed {}'.format(c))

    stdscr.refresh()
    stdscr.getkey()


wrapper(main)

How to do keydown in python without pygame?

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