Node.js Desktop Automation.

Last update: Dec 28, 2022

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Overview

Node.js Desktop Automation. Control the mouse, keyboard, and read the screen.

RobotJS supports Mac, Windows, and Linux.

This is a work in progress so the exported functions could change at any time before the first stable release (1.0.0). Ideas?

Check out some of the cool things people are making with RobotJS! Have your own rad RobotJS project? Feel free to add it!

Installation
Examples
API
Building
Plans
Progress
FAQ
License

Installation

Install RobotJS using npm:

npm install robotjs

It's that easy! npm will download one of the prebuilt binaries for your OS.

You can get npm here if you don't have it installed.

If you need to build RobotJS, see the building section. Instructions for Electron.

Examples

Mouse

// Move the mouse across the screen as a sine wave.
var robot = require("robotjs");

// Speed up the mouse.
robot.setMouseDelay(2);

var twoPI = Math.PI * 2.0;
var screenSize = robot.getScreenSize();
var height = (screenSize.height / 2) - 10;
var width = screenSize.width;

for (var x = 0; x < width; x++)
{
	y = height * Math.sin((twoPI * x) / width) + height;
	robot.moveMouse(x, y);
}

Keyboard

// Type "Hello World" then press enter.
var robot = require("robotjs");

// Type "Hello World".
robot.typeString("Hello World");

// Press enter.
robot.keyTap("enter");

API

The RobotJS API is hosted at https://robotjs.io/docs/syntax.

Building

Please ensure you have the required dependencies before installing:

Windows
- windows-build-tools npm package (npm install --global --production windows-build-tools from an elevated PowerShell or CMD.exe)
Mac
- Xcode Command Line Tools.
Linux
- Python (v2.7 recommended, v3.x.x is not supported).
- make.
- A C/C++ compiler like GCC.
- libxtst-dev and libpng++-dev (sudo apt-get install libxtst-dev libpng++-dev).

Install node-gyp using npm:

npm install -g node-gyp

Then build:

node-gyp rebuild

See the node-gyp readme for more details.

Plans

√ Control the mouse by changing the mouse position, left/right clicking, and dragging.
√ Control the keyboard by pressing keys, holding keys down, and typing words.
√ Read pixel color from the screen and capture the screen.
Find an image on screen, read pixels from an image.
Possibly include window management?

Progress

Module	Status	Notes
Mouse	100%	All planned features implemented.
Keyboard	100%	All planned features implemented.
Screen	85%	Image search, pixel search.
Bitmap	0%	Saving/opening, png support.

FAQ

Does RobotJS support global hotkeys?

Not currently, and I don't know if it ever will. I personally use Electron/NW.js for global hotkeys, and this works well. Later on I might add hotkey support or create a separate module. See #55 for details.

Can I take a screenshot with RobotJS?

Soon! This is a bit more complicated than the rest of the features, so I saved it for last. Luckily the code is already there, I just need to write the bindings, and I've already started. Subscribe to #13 for updates.

Why is <insert key> missing from the keyboard functions?

We've been implementing keys as we need them. Feel free to create an issue or submit a pull request!

How about multi-monitor support?

The library doesn't have explicit multi-monitor support, so anything that works is kind of on accident. Subscribe to #88 for updates.

For any other questions please submit an issue.

Story

I'm a huge fan of AutoHotkey, and I've used it for a very long time. AutoHotkey is great for automation and it can do a bunch of things that are very difficult in other languages. For example, it's imagesearch and pixel related functions are hard to reproduce on Mac, especially in scripting languages. These functions are great for automating apps that can't be automated like Netflix. This has never been a big deal since I've always used Windows at work, but for the past few years I've been using Mac exclusively.

I like AutoHotkey, but I like Node.js more. By developing RobotJS I get an AutoHotkey replacement on Mac (finally!), and I get to use my favorite language.

TLDR: There's nothing like AutoHotkey on Mac, so I'm making it.

License

MIT

Based on autopy. Maintained by Jason Stallings.

Comments

Windows Support.
Edit by octalmage:

Windows is completely supported! Just install from npm.

Known issues:

All known issues resolved!

~~getPixelColor returns "000000" no matter what in my VM, not sure if it's broken.~~ Fixed in #43.

~~The sqrt functions in rgb.h cause errors, currently commented out in the windows-2 branch.~~ Fixed in 8730e94d4c86bde2a5d2362c921682647bc2de8a.

~~The mssleep function needs to be cross platform.~~ Replaced with microsleep.

~~moveMouse and moveMouseSmooth wouldn't work in my virtual machine. I'm guessing this is because it's a VM, but it would be cool if someone could confirm.~~ This is working!

Original comment: Hey Octa, I'm trying to use your add on for a node webkit project I'm working on but wasn't able to get very far since the package gets stuck on my windows machine while running the "node-gyp configure" command, just sitting there endlessly. I thought possible your NPM might not be up to date with this github repo, but still the same behavior when I cloned the repo and built it from scratch.

I notice in binding.gyp that your only condition is 'OS' == "mac". I'm not intimately familiar with building native node modules, so does this mean the package simply does not support window builds right now?
bug help wanted windows
opened by scottmas 61
Text Expansion

Would there be any way to do text expansion with robotjs like you can with AutoHotkey?

I was able to get robotjs working with electron so I could listen for global keypresses, but electron (and nw.js) only seems to be able to listen for key combinations, not key sequences.

It would be amazing if we could simply turn any key-presses / mouse-movements into events and/or observables so we could deal with them purely in node-land ( and perhaps use something fancy like http://reactivex.io/ so we could just map/filter/etc the keypresses )

Robotjs is/will be great for sending keyboard commands etc., but I think we'd need a reliable way to listen for these events globally to come close to AutoHotkey. Is there perhaps a node module I haven't found that strictly listens for keypresses / mouse movements globally and outputs them as events ? Surely someone must have written something like this already.
enhancement

opened by Thr1ve 35
install fails on ubuntu
Edit by octalmage:

If RobotJS fails to build, install these packages:

sudo apt-get install libxtst-dev libpng++-dev

Original comment: There's an error, some header .h file missing?

solution is to install X developer tools with:

sudo apt-get install xorg-dev

Perhaps add this to the README file. never mind, doesn't work on Ubuntu :(
enhancement help wanted linux
opened by amih 34
moveMouse() is broken on Windows 10
robot.moveMouse(10, 10); console.log(robot.getMousePos());

This code must return { x: 10, y: 10 } It returns { x: 9, y: 9 }

Not always pos-1, for example if moveMouse(100,100) then getMousePos gives back 98,98

Windows 10 Build 10240 x64 NodeJS 0.12.7 x64 RobotJS 0.2.3 installed via npm
bug
opened by maxdeepfield 33
typeString() and keyTap() slow even with 1ms delay

robot.setKeyboardDelay(1); robot.typeString('*cough');

is much slower than having *cough set in the clipboard and doing

robot.keyToggle('control','down') robot.keyTap('v');

I think it could be the blocking nature of the module, and the fact that my PC is very slow.

opened by TreeOfSelf 27

Build fails on OSX

$ npm --version
3.3.6
$ node --version
v4.1.1
$ node-gyp --version
v3.0.3
$ npm i robotjs
> [email protected] install /src/snip/node_modules/robotjs
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/robotjs/src/robotjs.o
../src/robotjs.cc:2:10: fatal error: 'nan.h' file not found
#include <nan.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/robotjs/src/robotjs.o] Error 1

I even tried npm i nan on its own to no avail. Running on El Capitan.

bug mac

opened by Qix- 26

Using robotjs in electron app

Hello,

I would like to use RobotJS in an Electron app. My program works well with Node but when I run it in Electron I get the following error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed. \node_modules\robotjs\build\Release\robotjs.node

I believe this is the source of the problem https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v0.37.2/docs/tutorial/using-native-node-modules.md#using-native-node-modules However, I am having trouble figuring out how to fix this on my own because I'm new to developing in general. Is there any chance you can make a prebuilt or something that works with electron?

opened by Zyphdoz 21
Use node-pre-gyp.

Installing and compiling RobotJS requires Python and Visual Studio on Windows and this takes a while to get setup. Instead we can provide pre-built binaries that can be installed using npm. This will greatly improve the end-user experience.
enhancement

opened by octalmage 21

nodejs v12 fails to build

$ yarn add robotjs
yarn add v1.19.1
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
[3/4] 🔗  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] 🔨  Building fresh packages...
error /Users/bros/Desktop/node_modules/robotjs: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
Arguments: 
Directory: /Users/bros/Desktop/node_modules/robotjs
Output:
prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=12.13.0 runtime=node arch=x64 platform=darwin)
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | darwin | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 2.7.15 found at "/usr/local/opt/python@2/bin/python2.7"
gyp info spawn /usr/local/opt/python@2/bin/python2.7
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/bros/Desktop/node_modules/robotjs/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/bros/Desktop/node_modules/robotjs',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/robotjs/src/robotjs.o
../src/robotjs.cc:63:39: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        const size_t x = info[0]->Int32Value();
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:64:39: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        const size_t y = info[1]->Int32Value();
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:97:33: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        size_t x = info[0]->Int32Value();
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:98:33: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        size_t y = info[1]->Int32Value();
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:114:33: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        size_t x = info[0]->Int32Value();
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:115:33: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        size_t y = info[1]->Int32Value();
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:143:39: error: no matching member function for call to 'ToString'
                v8::String::Utf8Value bstr(info[0]->ToString());
                                           ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2572:44: note: candidate function not viable: requires single argument 'context', but no arguments were provided
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT MaybeLocal<String> ToString(
                                           ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2588:31: note: candidate function not viable: requires single argument 'isolate', but no arguments were provided
                Local<String> ToString(Isolate* isolate) const);
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:159:22: error: no matching member function for call to 'BooleanValue'
                doubleC = info[1]->BooleanValue();
                          ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2603:8: note: candidate function not viable: requires single argument 'isolate', but no arguments were provided
  bool BooleanValue(Isolate* isolate) const;
       ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2606:51: note: candidate function not viable: requires single argument 'context', but no arguments were provided
                V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<bool> BooleanValue(
                                                  ^
../src/robotjs.cc:239:35: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        mouseDelay = info[0]->Int32Value();
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:251:30: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        int x = info[0]->Int32Value();
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:252:30: error: too few arguments to function call, single argument 'context' was not specified
        int y = info[1]->Int32Value();
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:2613:3: note: 'Int32Value' declared here
  V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT Maybe<int32_t> Int32Value(Local<Context> context) const;
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:31: note: expanded from macro 'V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT'
#define V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
                              ^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:44: error: expected '(' for function-style cast or type construction
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                                  ~~~~~~~~~^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:28: error: no member named 'Handle' in namespace 'v8'
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                       ~~~~^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:46: error: use of undeclared identifier 'value'; did you mean 'False'?
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                                             ^~~~~
                                             False
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:304:25: note: 'False' declared here
  friend Local<Boolean> False(Isolate* isolate);
                        ^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:53: error: unexpected type name 'MMKeyFlags': expected expression
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                                                    ^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:65: error: use of undeclared identifier 'flags'
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                                                                ^
../src/robotjs.cc:418:71: error: expected ';' after top level declarator
int GetFlagsFromString(v8::Handle<v8::Value> value, MMKeyFlags* flags)
                                                                      ^
                                                                      ;
../src/robotjs.cc:762:1: error: unknown type name 'BMP'
BMP buildBMP(Local<Object> info)
^
../src/robotjs.cc:766:2: error: unknown type name 'BMP'
        BMP img;
        ^
../src/robotjs.cc:768:19: warning: 'Get' is deprecated: Use maybe version [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
        img.width = obj->Get(Nan::New("width").ToLocalChecked())->Uint32Value();
                         ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8.h:3457:3: note: 'Get' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
  V8_DEPRECATED("Use maybe version", Local<Value> Get(Local<Value> key));
  ^
/Users/bros/Library/Caches/node-gyp/12.13.0/include/node/v8config.h:311:29: note: expanded from macro 'V8_DEPRECATED'
  declarator __attribute__((deprecated(message)))
                            ^
fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
1 warning and 20 errors generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/robotjs/src/robotjs.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:272:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/bin/node" "/usr/local/node-v12.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/bros/Desktop/node_modules/robotjs
gyp ERR! node -v v12.13.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok

opened by brandonros 19

Windows - Fail to install robotjs multiple errors: MSB4019 & C2500 & C2600

NPM fails to install robotjs on windows. There are multiple errors. I got the following error the first time I ran npm i robotjs after installing windows build tools and node-gyp. Error: error MSB4019: The imported project "D:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.. Then after I closed and reopened VS Code and ran the same command again, I got a full page or errors:

$ npm i robotjs

> [email protected] install D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs
> prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild

prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=12.2.0 runtime=node arch=x64 platform=win32)

D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) 
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
  robotjs.cc
  win_delay_load_hook.cc
d:\projects\spotify-muter\node_modules\robotjs\src\os.h(26): warning C4005: 'STRICT': macro redefinition (compiling source file ..\src\robotjs.cc) [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.v
cxproj]
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\shared\minwindef.h(23): note: see previous definition of 'STRICT' (compiling source file ..\src\robotjs.cc)
..\src\robotjs.cc(63): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(63): error C2789: 'x': an object of const-qualified type must be initialized [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj] 
  ..\src\robotjs.cc(63): note: see declaration of 'x'
..\src\robotjs.cc(64): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(64): error C2789: 'y': an object of const-qualified type must be initialized [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj] 
  ..\src\robotjs.cc(64): note: see declaration of 'y'
..\src\robotjs.cc(97): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(98): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(114): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(115): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(143): error C2661: 'v8::Value::ToString': no overloaded function takes 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(143): error C2512: 'v8::String::Utf8Value::Utf8Value': no appropriate default constructor available [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(159): error C2661: 'v8::Value::BooleanValue': no overloaded function takes 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(239): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(251): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(252): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2039: 'Handle': is not a member of 'v8' [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  c:\users\jim fang\.node-gyp\12.2.0\include\node\v8-platform.h(16): note: see declaration of 'v8'
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2065: 'Handle': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2275: 'v8::Value': illegal use of this type as an expression [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  ..\src\robotjs.cc(418): note: see declaration of 'v8::Value'
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2065: 'value': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2065: 'flags': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(418): error C2275: 'MMKeyFlags': illegal use of this type as an expression [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  d:\projects\spotify-muter\node_modules\robotjs\src\keypress.h(50): note: see declaration of 'MMKeyFlags'
..\src\robotjs.cc(419): error C2448: 'GetFlagsFromString': function-style initializer appears to be a function definition [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2039: 'Handle': is not a member of 'v8' [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  c:\users\jim fang\.node-gyp\12.2.0\include\node\v8-platform.h(16): note: see declaration of 'v8'
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2065: 'Handle': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2275: 'v8::Value': illegal use of this type as an expression [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  ..\src\robotjs.cc(424): note: see declaration of 'v8::Value'
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2065: 'value': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2065: 'flags': undeclared identifier [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(424): error C2275: 'MMKeyFlags': illegal use of this type as an expression [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  d:\projects\spotify-muter\node_modules\robotjs\src\keypress.h(50): note: see declaration of 'MMKeyFlags'
..\src\robotjs.cc(425): error C2448: 'GetFlagsFromValue': function-style initializer appears to be a function definition [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(457): error C2661: 'v8::Value::ToString': no overloaded function takes 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(457): error C2512: 'v8::String::Utf8Value::Utf8Value': no appropriate default constructor available [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(463): error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 2 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(515): error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 2 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(589): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(603): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(639): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(640): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(708): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(709): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(710): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(711): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(768): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Uint32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(769): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Uint32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(770): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Uint32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(771): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Uint32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(772): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Uint32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(774): warning C4996: 'v8::Object::Get': was declared deprecated [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
  c:\users\jim fang\.node-gyp\12.2.0\include\node\v8.h(3412): note: see declaration of 'v8::Object::Get'
..\src\robotjs.cc(788): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
..\src\robotjs.cc(789): error C2660: 'v8::Value::Int32Value': function does not take 0 arguments [D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:262:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:196:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:257:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\Projects\Spotify-Muter\node_modules\robotjs
gyp ERR! node -v v12.2.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Jim Fang\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-05-20T02_34_16_256Z-debug.log

I will provide the debug log of both of these runs below in the logs section. Also when installing the latest version of windows build tools (5.1.0) the shell freezes after installing python 2.7. See my comment here for a screenshot: https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/398#issuecomment-493817762 So I just ended up installing 4.0.0 of the build tools instead of 5.1.0

Expected Behavior

robotjs to be installed successfully.

Current Behavior

NPM installation to install robotjs is erroring.

Possible Solution

No idea.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

npm i robotjs (With or without windows build tools & node-gyp)

Context

I am trying to use robotjs in an electron app, but this technically should not matter since I am having trouble to get the thing to even install correctly.

Your Environment

RobotJS version: Latest from npm i robotjs (0.5.1)
Node.js version: 12.2.0
npm version: 6.9.0
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 1903 Build 18362.113

Steps taken to try to fix:

Referenced these issues: https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/253 https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/264 https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/398 Nothing worked even after I manually installed and reinstalled windows build tools for about 7 times. Also manually installing node-gyp did not help either.

Logs

1st run (the one before I closed VS Code, run without the page full of errors. This was right after windows build tools finished in an admin cmd): https://pastebin.com/H7p996Tc (debug logs are 1800 lines long, so I decided it would be a good idea not to post them here)

2nd run (after restarting VS Code): https://pastebin.com/nJfQ3hZC

Here is the log of windows build tools successfully installing: https://pastebin.com/uUq916cm

opened by AirFusion45 18

[multi-monitor] moveMouse wont move to negative position on mac

Hey... I use getMousePos to get the mouse position, and it returns negative values sometimes (multiple monitors above my laptop monitor).

I then try and use robot.moveMouse(800, -954) for example, and it only moves to 800, 0.
enhancement

opened by bradparks 18
Bump qs from 6.5.1 to 6.5.3
Bumps qs from 6.5.1 to 6.5.3.

Changelog

Sourced from qs's changelog.

6.5.3

[Fix] parse: ignore __proto__ keys (#428)

[Fix] utils.merge`: avoid a crash with a null target and a truthy non-array source

[Fix] correctly parse nested arrays

[Fix] stringify: fix a crash with strictNullHandling and a custom filter/serializeDate (#279)

[Fix] utils: merge: fix crash when source is a truthy primitive & no options are provided

[Fix] when parseArrays is false, properly handle keys ending in []

[Fix] fix for an impossible situation: when the formatter is called with a non-string value

[Fix] utils.merge: avoid a crash with a null target and an array source

[Refactor] utils: reduce observable [[Get]]s

[Refactor] use cached Array.isArray

[Refactor] stringify: Avoid arr = arr.concat(...), push to the existing instance (#269)

[Refactor] parse: only need to reassign the var once

[Robustness] stringify: avoid relying on a global undefined (#427)

[readme] remove travis badge; add github actions/codecov badges; update URLs

[Docs] Clean up license text so it’s properly detected as BSD-3-Clause

[Docs] Clarify the need for "arrayLimit" option

[meta] fix README.md (#399)

[meta] add FUNDING.yml

[actions] backport actions from main

[Tests] always use String(x) over x.toString()

[Tests] remove nonexistent tape option

[Dev Deps] backport from main

6.5.2

[Fix] use safer-buffer instead of Buffer constructor

[Refactor] utils: module.exports one thing, instead of mutating exports (#230)

[Dev Deps] update browserify, eslint, iconv-lite, safer-buffer, tape, browserify

Commits

298bfa5 v6.5.3

ed0f5dc [Fix] parse: ignore __proto__ keys (#428)

691e739 [Robustness] stringify: avoid relying on a global undefined (#427)

1072d57 [readme] remove travis badge; add github actions/codecov badges; update URLs

12ac1c4 [meta] fix README.md (#399)

0338716 [actions] backport actions from main

5639c20 Clean up license text so it’s properly detected as BSD-3-Clause

51b8a0b add FUNDING.yml

45f6759 [Fix] fix for an impossible situation: when the formatter is called with a no...

f814a7f [Dev Deps] backport from main

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how can use utf-8 in windows version

how can use your change that support utf in windows version

Originally posted by @zz85 in https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/276#issuecomment-287400647

opened by samantrader 0
colorAt never functioning
Writing a function to quickly get the colors of a line 1 pixel long 40 pixels wide. No coordinates work when entered into the colorAt function.

Error: Requested coordinates are outside the main screen's dimensions.

(I have two monitors but have tested with one turned off and received the same results)

Expected Behavior

An array should be built containing all color values in the previously mentioned line.

Current Behavior

The following error is spouted.

Error: Requested coordinates are outside the main screen's dimensions.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1.Take a screenshot of any width and length 2.Attempt to use the colorAt function

Context

`

const array_load = await screen.capture(710 - (i * 67), 80, 40, 1); let pixel_array = []; for(let i = 0; i < 40; i++){ pixel_array.push(array_load.colorAt(i, 1)) }

`

Your Environment

RobotJS version: latest

Node.js version: v16.15.0

npm version: 6.14.17

Operating System: Windows 10 (2 monitors)
opened by TesDevelopment 0
use arabic or persian character
Hi when type arabic or Persian charcater same as "ش" and use robot.tap(key) raise an error :

invalid key code specified

why ? and how can use this character and codepage thanks a lot

Expected Behavior

show correct character

Current Behavior

raise an error

Possible Solution

I donot know

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

when type persian charcater

Context

how can fix it

Your Environment

RobotJS version: last

Node.js version: 14.2.9

npm version: 6.14.13

Operating System: windows 8.1
opened by samantrader 1