Log what workspace you're on and the active window. The IDLE_THRESHOLD is currently 90 seconds. So if you are not typing or moving the mouse for 90 seconds it's considered idle.
I have a lot of different workspaces. Some are for specific clients I work for.
I wanted an easy way to keep track of how much time I was really spending on all my contracts.
I didn't want to do a lot of work. Clocking in & clocking out.
If someone else was doing this to me I'd consider it spyware. So DON'T install
it on someone else's account/login.
sudo apt-get install xprintidle wmctrl xdotool python-mako
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
git submodule init
git submodule update
Open a terminal and run ./activity-logger.py
Name your workspaces different names, and it'll log what windows is open and for how long.
This uses http://strapdownjs.com/ to generate the markdown.
From there you just http://localhost:5001 to view your stats.
There is not much to configure. You'll need to create a file called
config_local.py in the same folder as activity-logger
Contents of config_local.py
import re
# Number of seconds before the system considers you idle.
IDLE_THRESHOLD = 120
# Turn on/off Flask debugging
DEBUG = False
# Number of seconds to sleep() between checks/logging.
TIME_BETWEEN_CHECKS = 10
# This uses a find, replace format
# The 1st value is the 'find' and the 2nd is the replace.
# If you just use a string it's case insensitive.
# It's important to note that this only changes the title, and not the command
# that is running.
REPLACE_RULES = [
# Replace all gmail Inbox (#) titles with "Inbox - Gmail"
(re.compile("Inbox \(\d+\) .* Gmail"), "Inbox - Gmail"),
# If the phrase '(Private Browsing)' is in the window title ... hide it.
("(Private Browsing)", "--hidden--"),
("banking", "--hidden--"),
("my bank name", "--hidden--"),
("bitcoin", "--hidden--"),
("some random program", "--hidden--")
]
If you want to constantly run this in the background every time you log in I use something like the following in a script.
Contents of /home/erm/bin/autostart.sh
#!/bin/sh
cd /home/erm/git/activity-logger
./activity-logger.py &> /dev/null &
With a desktop entry in ~/.config/autostart
Contents of ~/.config/autostart/autostart-sh.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Autostart
Comment=Autostart Erm's scripts
Exec=/home/erm/bin/autostart.sh
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