This is a simple, functional program designed automate gathering screenshots based on time interval.
It automates screenshots using a keyboard listener to control whether the program starts, stops, or exits.

The program is licensed under GNU Public License v3.0

CONTRIBUTING

The program runs on Windows 10 and Debian-based Linux, written in Python 3.8 and updated to version 3.10.6

• Run the setup.py script to build a virtual environment and install all external packages in the created venv.

Examples:
  - Windows: python setup.py venv
  - Linux: python3 setup.py venv

• Once virtual env is built traverse to the (Scripts-Windows or bin-Linux) directory in the environment folder just created.
• For Windows, in the venv\Scripts directory, execute activate or activate.bat script to activate the virtual environment.
• For Linux, in the venv/bin directory, execute source activate to activate the virtual environment.
• If for some reason issues are experienced with the setup script, the alternative is to manually create an environment, activate it, then run pip install -r packages.txt in project root.
• To exit from the virtual environment when finished, execute deactivate.

• Open up shell such as Command Prompt or Terminal
• Enter directory with program and run it
• Open the graphical file manager and go to path specified in program
• Click on the open CMD and hit enter
• Checkout the file manager and to visualize screenshots created every 5 seconds
• If you want the program to pause hit Esc
• If you want to start again hit enter again.
• OR if you would like to exit hit Ctrl + C

-- screenshot_assistant.py --

on_press  -  Checks to see if the user hit the exit key (escape).

screenshots  -  Loop that actively takes screenshots.

get_time_interval  -  Gets the time interval integer from user and returns to main.

main  -  Facilitates listener thread and screenshot process.

print_err  -  Prints timed error message.