Painobar-helper/Win32ConsoleHelper.cs

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace PainoBar_Helper
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class for injecting keyboard input directly into a Win32 console process.
    /// Required for Pianobar Windows port which uses _getch() instead of stdin.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Win32ConsoleHelper
    {
        #region Win32 API Imports

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern bool AttachConsole(uint dwProcessId);

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern bool FreeConsole();

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern bool WriteConsoleInput(
            IntPtr hConsoleInput,
            INPUT_RECORD[] lpBuffer,
            uint nLength,
            out uint lpNumberOfEventsWritten);

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);

        private const int STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10;

        #endregion

        #region Structures

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
        private struct INPUT_RECORD
        {
            [FieldOffset(0)]
            public ushort EventType;
            [FieldOffset(4)]
            public KEY_EVENT_RECORD KeyEvent;
        }

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        private struct KEY_EVENT_RECORD
        {
            public bool bKeyDown;
            public ushort wRepeatCount;
            public ushort wVirtualKeyCode;
            public ushort wVirtualScanCode;
            public char UnicodeChar;
            public uint dwControlKeyState;
        }

        private const ushort KEY_EVENT = 1;
        private const ushort VK_RETURN = 0x0D;

        #endregion

        #region Public Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends keyboard input directly to a console process using Win32 API.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="processId">The process ID of the target console application</param>
        /// <param name="text">The text to send (Enter key will be automatically appended)</param>
        /// <returns>True if successful, false otherwise</returns>
        public static bool SendConsoleInput(int processId, string text)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
                return false;

            try
            {
                // Attach to the target process's console
                if (!AttachConsole((uint)processId))
                {
                    int error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"AttachConsole failed with error: {error}");
                    return false;
                }

                try
                {
                    // Get the console input handle
                    IntPtr hStdIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
                    if (hStdIn == IntPtr.Zero || hStdIn == new IntPtr(-1))
                    {
                        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("GetStdHandle failed");
                        return false;
                    }

                    // Build input records for each character + Enter key
                    List<INPUT_RECORD> inputRecords = new List<INPUT_RECORD>();

                    // Add key events for each character in the text
                    foreach (char c in text)
                    {
                        // Key down event
                        inputRecords.Add(CreateKeyEvent(c, true));
                        // Key up event
                        inputRecords.Add(CreateKeyEvent(c, false));
                    }

                    // Add Enter key (VK_RETURN) at the end
                    inputRecords.Add(CreateKeyEvent('\r', true, VK_RETURN));
                    inputRecords.Add(CreateKeyEvent('\r', false, VK_RETURN));

                    // Write all input records to the console input buffer
                    uint written;
                    bool success = WriteConsoleInput(
                        hStdIn,
                        inputRecords.ToArray(),
                        (uint)inputRecords.Count,
                        out written);

                    if (!success)
                    {
                        int error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"WriteConsoleInput failed with error: {error}");
                        return false;
                    }

                    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"Successfully wrote {written} input events for: {text}");
                    return true;
                }
                finally
                {
                    // Always detach from the console
                    FreeConsole();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"SendConsoleInput exception: {ex.Message}");
                return false;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Private Helper Methods

        private static INPUT_RECORD CreateKeyEvent(char character, bool keyDown, ushort virtualKeyCode = 0)
        {
            // If no virtual key code provided, use the character's value
            if (virtualKeyCode == 0)
            {
                virtualKeyCode = (ushort)char.ToUpper(character);
            }

            return new INPUT_RECORD
            {
                EventType = KEY_EVENT,
                KeyEvent = new KEY_EVENT_RECORD
                {
                    bKeyDown = keyDown,
                    wRepeatCount = 1,
                    wVirtualKeyCode = virtualKeyCode,
                    wVirtualScanCode = 0,
                    UnicodeChar = character,
                    dwControlKeyState = 0
                }
            };
        }

        #endregion
    }
}