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keylogger help? (not for malicious use, to be used with data visualisation) - dav3javu - Apr-02-2019
hi,
I'm trying to install a keylogger on Mac OS, following this tutorial: tutorial for keylogger
i follow all the steps and seem to have everything correct, (check IDLE that pynput is installed correctly, comes up with no errors)
and have the following code:
from pynput.keyboard import Key, Listener
import logging
log_dir"/Users/dav3javu/Desktop/logs"
logging.basicConfig(filename=(log_dir + "key_log.txt"), level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s: %(message)s')
def on_press(key):
logging.info(str(key))
with Listener(on_press=on_press) as listener:
listener.join()but when I go to restart and check the log file, no data/entries are being produced at all (the file is empty) , can anyone see what i'm doing wrong? (not a natural programmer - just trying to dabble for a project)thanks!
RE: keylogger help? (not for malicious use, to be used with data visualisation) - keames - Apr-19-2019
You forgot an equal sign on line 4:
log_dir = "/Users/dav3javu/Desktop/logs"I don't know if that code is a copy paste of your original program but if it is, Python would see that statement and raise a syntax error. Your code isn't even running.