Простой и сырой читатель может быть просто сделан, используя:
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import time
import sys
infile_path = "/dev/input/event" + (sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "0")
#long int, long int, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned int
FORMAT = 'llHHI'
EVENT_SIZE = struct.calcsize(FORMAT)
#open file in binary mode
in_file = open(infile_path, "rb")
event = in_file.read(EVENT_SIZE)
while event:
(tv_sec, tv_usec, type, code, value) = struct.unpack(FORMAT, event)
if type != 0 or code != 0 or value != 0:
print("Event type %u, code %u, value %u at %d.%d" % \
(type, code, value, tv_sec, tv_usec))
else:
# Events with code, type and value == 0 are "separator" events
print("===========================================")
event = in_file.read(EVENT_SIZE)
in_file.close()