Pillow/PIL/ImageGrab.py
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#
# The Python Imaging Library
# $Id$
#
# 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 <b>ImageGrab</b> module can be used to copy
# the contents of the screen to a PIL image memory.
# <p>
# The current version works on Windows only.</p>
#
# @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