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Take screenshots at random intervals with Python?

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I am working on a project to take screenshots of desktop and upload images to a server I want to develop a python app, when user starts that app it will start taking screenshots in random interval like between 2-5 min of interval I have the code that will take screenshot and I have tested it on ubuntu it is working properly.
Code to capture screenshot

import gtk.gdk

import time



w = gtk.gdk.get_default_root_window()

sz = w.get_size()

print "The size of the window is %d x %d" % sz

pb = gtk.gdk.Pixbuf(gtk.gdk.COLORSPACE_RGB,False,8,sz[0],sz[1])

pb = pb.get_from_drawable(w,w.get_colormap(),0,0,0,0,sz[0],sz[1])



ts = time.time()

filename = "screenshot"

filename += str(ts)

filename += ".png"



if (pb != None):

    pb.save(filename,"png")

    print "Screenshot saved to "+filename

else:

    print "Unable to get the screenshot."

I want to run this code in random interval of 2-5 min how can I develop a script that will run this code in thread.

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answered 1 Year ago torlim · Accepted Answer

#!/usr/bin/env python



import gtk.gdk

import time

import random



while 1 :

    # generate a random time between 120 and 300 sec

    random_time = random.randrange(120,300)



    # wait between 120 and 300 seconds (or between 2 and 5 minutes)

    print "Next picture in: %.2f minutes" % (float(random_time) / 60)

    time.sleep(random_time)



    w = gtk.gdk.get_default_root_window()

    sz = w.get_size()

    print "The size of the window is %d x %d" % sz

    pb = gtk.gdk.Pixbuf(gtk.gdk.COLORSPACE_RGB,False,8,sz[0],sz[1])

    pb = pb.get_from_drawable(w,w.get_colormap(),0,0,0,0,sz[0],sz[1])



    ts = time.time()

    filename = "screenshot"

    filename += str(ts)

    filename += ".png"



    if (pb != None):

        pb.save(filename,"png")

        print "Screenshot saved to "+filename

    else:

        print "Unable to get the screenshot."