winapi

Misc natives wrappers for nodejs

require('winapi').getIdleTime()

Return the time the system has been idle (since last user interaction - e.g. mouse, keyboard & stuffs, see GetLastInputInfo) This is really usefull if you want to create a screensaver/like in nodejs / node-webkit.

var winapi = require('winapi');

console.log("System is idle since %s", winapi.getIdleTime() );

require('winapi').GetLastInputInfo()

Use this native binding to get system last input time (see MSDN )

var winapi = require('winapi');

console.log("Last input time is %s", winapi.GetLastInputInfo() );

setTimeout(function(){
  //do not move, it wont change !
  console.log("Last input time is %s", winapi.GetLastInputInfo() );
}, 1000);

require('winapi').GetTickCount()

Retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started (uptime). (see MSDN )

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screensaver, windows api, winuser.h, GetLastInputInfo, activity monitor, inactivity trigger, idle timer, system uptime, sytem bootime