Keystroke_Logging_OpenSource

This is a keystroke logging mechanism to collect keystroke data for research and development purposes.

The keystroke logging mechanism unobtrusively collects information about users' keystroke and mouse operations from the front end using a keystroke logging hook written in React JavaScript. The information is aggregated and posted to the back end whenever the user submit the responses in the chatbot. At the back end, the keystroke information is handled via a FastAPI app that connects to a cloud-based Azure table storage. Finally, all the keystroke information is stored in the Azure table storage in tabular format.

In the output of keystroke data, as shown below, Event ID indexes the keyboard and mouse operations in chronological order. EventTime denotes the time (in milliseconds) when a key or the mouse was pressed. Output shows the content of the keystroke or mouse event. Cursor Position registers cursor position information to help keep track of the location of the leading edge. Additionally, Text Change shows the exact changes made to the current text while Activity indicates the nature of the changes (e.g., Input, Remove/Cut).

Event ID	Event Time	Output	Cursor Position	Text Change	Activity
1	6370	Leftclick	0	NoChange	Nonproduction
2	7897	CapsLock	0	NoChange	Nonproduction
3	8150	T	1	T	Input
4	8310	CapsLock	1	NoChange	Nonproduction
5	8470	h	2	h	Input
6	8855	i	3	i	Input
7	8993	s	4	s	Input
8	10971	Leftclick	4	NoChange	Nonproduction
9	12991	Control	4	NoChange	Nonproduction
10	13174	c	4	NoChange	Nonproduction
11	13750	Leftclick	4	NoChange	Nonproduction
12	14367	Space	5		Input
13	14873	Control	5	NoChange	Nonproduction
14	15145	v	7	is	Paste
15	18476	Space	8		Input
16	19623	g	9	g	Input
17	21750	o	10	o	Input
18	21931	o	11	o	Input
19	22638	o	12	o	Input
20	24628	Backspace	11	o	Remove/Cut
21	25023	d	12	d	Input
22	27387	Leftclick	12	NoChange	Nonproduction
23	29792	w	9	good => w	Replace
24	30364	a	10	a	Input
25	30567	n	11	n	Input
26	30678	d	12	d	Input
27	30913	e	13	e	Input
28	30992	r	14	r	Input
29	31607	f	15	f	Input
30	31771	u	16	u	Input
31	31967	l	17	l	Input
32	34528	Space	18		Input
33	34848	f	19	f	Input
34	35111	u	20	u	Input
35	35445	n	21	n	Input
36	37083	Leftclick	10	a => o	AutoCorrectionReplace
37	40818	Leftclick	21	NoChange	Nonproduction
38	43028	Leftclick	11	fun	Move From [18, 21] To [8, 11]
39	45804	Leftclick	11	NoChange	Nonproduction
40	47336	Space	12		Input
41	52496	a	13	a	Input
42	52730	n	14	n	Input
43	52873	d	15	d	Input
44	53872	Space	16		Input
45	56062	Leftclick	26	NoChange	Nonproduction
46	58137	Backspace	25		Remove/Cut
47	59421	Shift	25	NoChange	Nonproduction
48	59634	!	26	!	Input

To run this app:

1. First, run the fastAPI app by setting the work directory to BackFastAPI, install the dependencies listed in the requirements.txt, create evn var, and finally run the command: uvicorn keylogging:app
2. Second, to test the keystroke logging hook, please set the work directory to FrontReact and run the command: npm run dev