Get screen resolution

screen_resolution.py

import sys,os

# Defaults

SCREEN_WIDTH=300
SCREEN_HEIGHT=300

if sys.platform == "win32":
	# Windows sucks, but has an API
	from win32api import GetSystemMetrics
	SCREEN_WIDTH = GetSystemMetrics(0)
	SCREEN_HEIGHT = GetSystemMetrics(1)
	
elif sys.platform == "darwin":
	# Mac OS X
	# (Doesn't use the xdpyinfo since it doesn't work with more than one monitor)
	from AppKit import *
	s = NSScreen.mainScreen().frame().size
	SCREEN_WIDTH = s.width
	SCREEN_HEIGHT = s.height
	
else:
	# X based OSes.
	try:
		out = os.popen2("xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:'")[1].read()
		out = out.replace("  dimensions:    ","")
		i = out.find(" pixels")
		out = out[:i]
		out = out.split("x")
		SCREEN_WIDTH=int(out[0])
		SCREEN_HEIGHT=int(out[1])
	except:
		pass
	
if __name__ == '__main__':
	print SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT