and then send the ctrl- or - hotkey to "select alland ctrl- or - hotkey to "copy to clipboard your python script can then read the clipboard text by running import pyperclip and pyperclip paste(write program that follows this procedure for copying the text from window' text fields use pyautogui getwindowswithtitle('notepad'(or whichever text editor you chooseto obtain window object the top and left attributes of this window object can tell you where this window iswhile the activate(method will ensure it is at the front of the screen you can then click the main text field of the text editor by addingsay or pixels to the top and left attribute values with pyautogui click(to put the keyboard focus there call pyautogui hotkey('ctrl'' 'and pyautogui hotkey('ctrl'' 'to select all the text and copy it to the clipboard finallycall pyperclip paste(to retrieve the text from the clipboard and paste it into your python program from thereyou can use this string however you wantbut just pass it to print(for now note that the window functions of pyautogui only work on windows as of pyautogui version and not on macos or linux instant messenger bot google talkskypeyahoo messengeraimand other instant messaging applications often use proprietary protocols that make it difficult for others to write python modules that can interact with these programs but even these proprietary protocols can' stop you from writing gui automation tool the google talk application has search bar that lets you enter username on your friend list and open messaging window when you press enter the keyboard focus automatically moves to the new window other instant messenger applications have similar ways to open new message windows write program that will automatically send out notification message to select group of people on your friend list your program may have to deal with exceptional casessuch as friends being offlinethe chat window appearing at different coordinates on the screenor confirmation boxes that interrupt your messaging your program will have to take screenshots to guide its gui interaction and adopt ways of detecting when its virtual keystrokes aren' being sent note you may want to set up some fake test accounts so that you don' accidentally spam your real friends while writing this program