pyautogui - How to take screenshot in python when pc is in standby mode

Question

I'm automatically launching some python scripts that take screenshots and analysing screen content using pyautogui module. When my pc is in standby mode, the script run but take a screenshot of the standby mode. Are there any solution to take a screenshot of the window content even if the pc is on standby mode.

I appreciate your help. Thank you.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65934505/how-to-take-screenshot-in-python-when-pc-is-in-standby-mode

Answer 1

I don't think such thing is possible in sleep mode, meanwhile you can prevent your computer from going into standby mode by referring to this :

• For Linux distributions
• For windows

The main idea is using SetThreadExecutionState function, for example, in your python terminal you can run :

import ctypes
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetThreadExecutionState(0x80000002)
input('{Press enter to exit}')
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetThreadExecutionState(0x80000000)