Haxe externs for RobotJS. RobotJS is a desktop automation library for Node.js.

Inject keystrokes and mouse moves into a Node.js application. Also capture mouse position and screen pixels.

Samples

A simple test app for Node.js is here.

A sample app for VSCode/Electron is here.

Installation

Install robot-externs lib for Haxe:

haxelib git robotjs-externs https://github.com/wiggin77/robotjs-externs.git

Install RobotJS module. From the directory of the project for which you want to add RobotJS support (i.e. directory containing package.json):

npm install robotjs

This will create a node_modules directory within your project directory.

Building RobotJS

npm will install prebuilt binaries for Windows, Mac, and Linux. If you need to build it yourself, see here.

To build for Electron see here.

Examples

Examples modified for Haxe from http://robotjs.io/docs/examples.

Mouse

import js.robotjs.Robot;

class Test {
    public static function test() {
        // 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 (x in 0...width)
        {
            var y = Std.int(height * Math.sin((twoPI * x) / width) + height);
            Robot.moveMouse(x, y);
        }    
    }
}

Keyboard

import js.robotjs.Robot;
import js.robotjs.RobotHelper;

class Test {
    public static function test() {
        // Type "Hello World".
        Robot.typeString("Hello World");

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

        // Use helper for auto-shift modifier.
        RobotHelper.typeString("_Mixed shift and non-shift!");
    }
}

Screen

import js.robotjs.Robot;

class Test {
    public static function test() {
        // Get mouse position.
        var mouse = Robot.getMousePos();

        // Get pixel color in hex format.
        var hex = Robot.getPixelColor(mouse.x, mouse.y);
        trace("#" + hex + " at x:" + mouse.x + " y:" + mouse.y);
    }
}