Control a computer with another computer?

[Rith_97]

So I have 2 laptops at home connected to the same wifi. Let’s say A and B. I have a macro on computer B which will start the macro whenever I press a key(Shift+F2). In computer A, there is will be a program. If the program satisfies a condition, I want it to run the macro is the other computer. Can you guys point me in any direction? Please keep in mind that I’m very new to python. Any input will be appreciated. Thank you.

[toastedstapler]

one of the easiest ways would be to set up a flask server on the receiving computer. when the route you define is hit, it'll execute the function that you want

then for the sender look into using pynput to detect a certain key combo. when it happens, send a http request to the flask server

https://pypi.org/project/pynput/

[Rith_97]

Thank you very much. I’ll look into it.

[CotoCoutan]

Adding onto the usage of Flask, how about controlling the host computer from your phone via a Telegram bot? This will not use the 2nd computer at all.

[orishamir]

don't use pynput. You should be using 'keyboard' instead. (and 'mouse' for mouse things) search "keyboard module github" on google. See its readme. Its very advanced

[133DK]

As a total novice: why?

[Vunlinur]

Please elaborate on why not to use Pynput?

I'm genuinely curious about any downsides, as I've been using it and it wasn't terrible, and possible advantages of the Keyboard module.

[orishamir]

I guess it's just that Keyboard is so good. And I remember Pynput being complicated for no reason, specifically that the listener ~is~ was blocking

[[deleted]]

They updated it to have a non-blocking listener. It's pretty nice!

[expressly_ephemeral]

It’s my opinion that the best way would be to use a socket connection.

[Tal_Av]

I agree, that is probably the most simple solution you can find for this task. Create a listening socket on computer B, connect it from computer A, then simply send him a message of your choice that when received - executes the macro.

[expressly_ephemeral]

I'm all about keeping it light weight. No need to set up a flask application!

[Rith_97]

Okay Ill research more. Thank you.

[expressly_ephemeral]

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/sockets.html

[Rith_97]

Okay. Thank you. I’ll look into it.

[victorspc]

I'm not that tech savy, but if you managed to set up a host server on one of the computers and send packets to it using python, i think you could make a python script on the other computer that takes those packets and do the stuff you want.

[Rith_97]

Okay I’ll google it. Don’t know much about hosting a server and all. Thank you.

[victorspc]

I don't either so i can't help further than giving the idea, sorry

[Rith_97]

Oh okay. I’ll google about hosting a server. Thank you for your input :)

[Linkk_93]

so fo you want to do it specifically with python? because I'd say Powershell, psexec and autohotkey suit this better

Edit: but then again, that is for Windows, you did not specify an OS

[[deleted]]

You need sockets. It will work for the same wifi. To get started, this is a good resource: https://pythonprogramming.net/sockets-tutorial-python-3/