node-win32-keyhook

Node.js Windows keyhook

node-win32-keyhook is a library which lets you create a windows hook which will send all the keyboard input to a callback with the Virtual-Key Code as an argument

Example

varkeyhook=require('node-win32-keyhook');functionkey_down(keycode){// A function that converts the keycode to hexadecimal notationconsole.log('Key Down: 0x'+parseInt(keycode).toString(16))}functionkey_up(keycode){// A function that converts the keycode to hexadecimal notationconsole.log('Key Up: 0x'+parseInt(keycode).toString(16))}keyhook.create(key_down,key_up);// Create the hook, and set the key_down and key_up callbackkeyhook.destroy();// Remove the hook

Requirements

• Windows, of course
• DotNet 4.0 for building the dynamic library

Installation

Make sure you've installed all the necessary build tools, then run this command in the source directory:

$ npm install node-win32-keyhook