Detect in python which keys are pressed

Question

I need to know which key is being pressed right now. I\'m not looking to capture some specific keys to trigger an event or anything like that,

I want to know which

Answer 1

The easiest way to do something like this, if you're not too fussy, is to bring in a GUI toolkit such as pygame or wxPython. For example, run the wxPython Demo, then go to the demo for KeyEvents.

Answer 2

I found the answer using a link in a related question to pyHook:

pyHook tutorial: capturing keypress events

Answer 3

PyKeylogger mentioned in the related question might do the job.