pytwain

This is a native Python library for TWAIN API.

To install this library run:

pip install pytwain

Once installed you can run following sample Python script to scan one image:

import twain
import tkinter
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
root = tkinter.Tk()
root.title('scan.py')
sm = twain.SourceManager(root)
src = sm.open_source()
src.request_acquire(show_ui=False, modal_ui=False)
(handle, remaining_count) = src.xfer_image_natively()
twain.dib_to_bm_file(handle, 'testscan.bmp')

Full documentation for the library located here.

References

• https://twain.org/
• http://pytwain.readthedocs.org/