How to get the desktop resolution in Mac via Python?

Question

Trying to write a python application that downloads images from an RSS feed, and makes a composite background. How do I get the current desktop resolution on Mac OS X (leopard?)

Answer 1

With Pyobjc something like this should work. Pyobjc comes with Leopard.

from AppKit import NSScreen
print(NSScreen.mainScreen().frame())

With that, you can also grab the width and height.

NSScreen.mainScreen().frame().size.width
NSScreen.mainScreen().frame().size.height

For example:

print("Current screen resolution: %dx%d" % (NSScreen.mainScreen().frame().size.width, NSScreen.mainScreen().frame().size.height))