Simple Wrapper around XInput API

xinput.py

# Simple Wrapper around XInput API
#
# Author: David Coles <[email protected]>

import ctypes
from ctypes.wintypes import BYTE, WORD, SHORT, DWORD


class XInputGamepad(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [
        ("buttons", WORD),
        ("leftTrigger", BYTE),
        ("rightTrigger", BYTE),
        ("thumbLX", SHORT),
        ("thumbLY", SHORT),
        ("thumbRX", SHORT),
        ("thumbRY", SHORT),
    ]
    
    def __repr__(self):
        return "XInputGamepad(thumbLX={0}, thumbRX={1}, ...)".format(self.thumbLX, self.thumbRX)

        
class XInputState(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [
        ("packetNumber", DWORD),
        ("gamepad", XInputGamepad),
    ]

    def __repr__(self):
        return "XInputState(packetNumber={0})".format(self.packetNumber)

        
class XInputVibration(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [
        ("leftMotorSpeed", WORD),
        ("rightMotorSpeed", WORD),
    ]

    def __init__(self, leftSpeed, rightSpeed):
        self.leftMotorSpeed = leftSpeed
        self.rightMotorSpeed = rightSpeed

        
xinput = ctypes.windll.xinput9_1_0


def getstate(index):
    state = XInputState(0)
    res = xinput.XInputGetState(index, ctypes.byref(state))
    if res != 0:
        raise ctypes.WinError(res)
        
    return state.gamepad

    
def setstate(index, state):
    res = xinput.XInputSetState(index, ctypes.byref(state))
    if res != 0:
        raise ctypes.WinError(res)

        
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("Attempting to use first gamepad")

    setstate(0, XInputVibration(65535, 0))
    raw_input("Left motor. Press any key to continue...")

    setstate(0, XInputVibration(0 , 65535))
    raw_input("Right motor. Press any key to continue...")

Imprecise !!
use:

class XInputGamepad(ctypes.Structure):
fields = [
('buttons', ctypes.c_ushort),
('left_trigger', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('right_trigger', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('l_thumb_x', ctypes.c_short),
('l_thumb_y', ctypes.c_short),
('r_thumb_x', ctypes.c_short),
('r_thumb_y', ctypes.c_short),
]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_sdk.reference.xinput_gamepad(v=vs.85).aspx