[Tutor] How to add modules?

[Peter Otten]

Naman Kothari wrote:

> Can you please suggest a link from where i can download SendKeys module
> for python. Also provide an explanation to add the module to my library.
> PS: I am a Windows user.

I'd start installing a tool called "pip". I suggest that you follow the 
instructions given here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4750806/how-to-install-pip-on-windows

The easiest way seems to be (quoting the above page)

"""
Aug 2013 Update: 
These answers are outdated or otherwise wordy and difficult. In short:
Download: 
Setuptools: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
Pip: https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
Inspect files to confirm they aren't malicious.
Open a console in the download folder as Admin and run... 
python ez_setup.py 
python get-pip.py
The new binaries easy_install.exe and pip.exe will be found in the 
"%ProgramFiles%\PythonXX\Scripts" folder (or similar), which is likely not 
in your PATH. I recommend adding it.
"""

As I'm not a windows user have no first-hand experience with the above. Once 
you have pip installed you can search the Python package index (aka "Cheese 
Shop", <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>) with

$ pip search sendkeys
SendKeys                  - An implementation of Visual Basic's SendKeys 
function

and then install the module with 

$ pip install SendKeys

(Don't type "$", it is the prompt on Unix terminals, on Windows you will see 
something like "C:\" instead)

As always, as you are installing other people's code they are free to do 
arbitrary things with your computer. This includes destroying or stealing 
sensitive data.