# # The Python Imaging Library # $Id: ImageGrab.py 2134 2004-10-06 08:55:20Z fredrik $ # # screen grabber (windows only) # # History: # 2001-04-26 fl created # 2001-09-17 fl use builtin driver, if present # 2002-11-19 fl added grabclipboard support # # Copyright (c) 2001-2002 by Secret Labs AB # Copyright (c) 2001-2002 by Fredrik Lundh # # See the README file for information on usage and redistribution. # import Image ## # (New in 1.1.3) The ImageGrab module can be used to copy # the contents of the screen to a PIL image memory. #

# The current version works on Windows only.

# # @since 1.1.3 ## try: # built-in driver (1.1.3 and later) grabber = Image.core.grabscreen except AttributeError: # stand-alone driver (pil plus) import _grabscreen grabber = _grabscreen.grab ## # (New in 1.1.3) Take a snapshot of the screen. The pixels inside the # bounding box are returned as an "RGB" image. If the bounding box is # omitted, the entire screen is copied. # # @param bbox What region to copy. Default is the entire screen. # @return An image # @since 1.1.3 def grab(bbox=None): size, data = grabber() im = Image.fromstring( "RGB", size, data, # RGB, 32-bit line padding, origo in lower left corner "raw", "BGR", (size[0]*3 + 3) & -4, -1 ) if bbox: im = im.crop(bbox) return im ## # (New in 1.1.4) Take a snapshot of the clipboard image, if any. # # @return An image, a list of filenames, or None if the clipboard does # not contain image data or filenames. Note that if a list is # returned, the filenames may not represent image files. # @since 1.1.4 def grabclipboard(): debug = 0 # temporary interface data = Image.core.grabclipboard(debug) if Image.isStringType(data): import BmpImagePlugin, StringIO return BmpImagePlugin.DibImageFile(StringIO.StringIO(data)) return data