Input

Simulate keyboard input on the host machine.

Keyboard keypress

Send the KEYBOARD_KEYPRESS event with a key to press a single key. It responds with the KEYBOARD_KEY_PRESSED type.

Request

{
    "id": "abc123",
    "token": "abc123",
    "event": "KEYBOARD_KEYPRESS",
    "data": {
        "key": "a",
        "modifiers": ["ctrl", "shift"],
        "delay": 100
    }
}

Available fields:

• key (required): The key to press.
• modifiers (optional): Modifier keys to hold while pressing key. Recognised values are shift, ctrl (or control), alt, and cmd (or command). Unrecognised modifiers are ignored.
• delay (optional): Time to wait before pressing the key, in milliseconds.

For example, to send Ctrl+C, set key to c and modifiers to ["ctrl"].

Keyboard text

Send the KEYBOARD_TEXT event with a text string to type text. It responds with the KEYBOARD_TEXT_SENT type.

Request

{
    "id": "abc123",
    "token": "abc123",
    "event": "KEYBOARD_TEXT",
    "data": {
        "text": "hello",
        "delay": 100
    }
}

Available fields:

• text (required): The text to type.
• delay (optional): Time to wait before typing, in milliseconds.