Mouse simulation click and movement in Wayland, Linux C++

Here some code demonstrating how to simulate mouse movements , right and left click in linux. Using Uinput. Uinput is a kernel model, so this code will work both for X and Wayland.

	#include <iostream>
	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <fcntl.h>
	#include <sstream>
	#include <cstring>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <linux/uinput.h>
	#include <X11/Xlib.h>
	using namespace std;
	int fd;
	Display *dpy;
	void initMouse();
	void destroyMouse();
	void mouseLeftClick();
	void mouseRightClick();
	void mouseGetPosition(int &x, int &y);
	void mouseMove(int xdelta, int ydelta);
	void initMouse()
	{
	fd = open("/dev/uinput", O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_KEY);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_RIGHT);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, BTN_LEFT);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_ABS);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_ABSBIT, ABS_X);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_ABSBIT, ABS_Y);
	ioctl(fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_REL);
	struct uinput_user_dev uidev;
	memset(&uidev,0,sizeof(uidev));
	snprintf(uidev.name,UINPUT_MAX_NAME_SIZE,"VirtualMouse");
	uidev.id.bustype = BUS_USB;
	uidev.id.version = 1;
	uidev.id.vendor = 0x1;
	uidev.id.product = 0x1;
	uidev.absmin[ABS_X] = 0;
	uidev.absmax[ABS_X] = 3200;
	uidev.absmin[ABS_Y] = 0;
	uidev.absmax[ABS_Y] = 900;
	write(fd, &uidev, sizeof(uidev));
	ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_CREATE);
	sleep(2);
	}
	void mouseLeftClick()
	{
	struct input_event ev_click, ev_sync;
	memset(&ev_click, 0, sizeof(ev_click));
	memset(&ev_sync, 0, sizeof(ev_sync));
	ev_click.type = EV_KEY;
	ev_click.code = BTN_LEFT;
	ev_click.value = 1;
	//write left click event
	write(fd, &ev_click, sizeof(ev_click));
	//sync left click event
	ev_sync.type = EV_SYN;
	write(fd, &ev_sync, sizeof(ev_sync));
	}
	void mouseRightClick()
	{
	struct input_event ev_click, ev_sync;
	memset(&ev_click, 0, sizeof(ev_click));
	memset(&ev_sync, 0, sizeof(ev_sync));
	ev_click.type = EV_KEY;
	ev_click.code = BTN_RIGHT;
	ev_click.value = 1;
	//write right click event
	write(fd, &ev_click, sizeof(ev_click));
	//sync right click event
	ev_sync.type = EV_SYN;
	write(fd, &ev_sync, sizeof(ev_sync));
	}
	void mouseSetPosition(int x, int y)
	{
	struct input_event ev[2], ev_sync;
	memset(ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
	memset(&ev_sync, 0, sizeof(ev_sync));
	ev[0].type = EV_ABS;
	ev[0].code = ABS_X;
	ev[0].value = x;
	ev[1].type = EV_ABS;
	ev[1].code = ABS_Y;
	ev[1].value = y;
	int res_w = write(fd, ev, sizeof(ev));
	std::cout << "res w : " << res_w << "\n";
	ev_sync.type = EV_SYN;
	ev_sync.value = 0;
	ev_sync.code = 0;
	int res_ev_sync = write(fd, &ev_sync, sizeof(ev_sync));
	std::cout << "res syn : " << res_ev_sync << "\n";
	}
	void initDisplay()
	{
	dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
	}
	void destroyMouse()
	{
	ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_DESTROY);
	}
	void mouseMove(int xdelta, int ydelta)
	{
	int xx, yy;
	mouseGetPosition(xx, yy);
	mouseSetPosition(xx + xdelta, yy + ydelta);
	}
	void mouseGetPosition(int &x, int &y)
	{
	Window root, child;
	int rootX, rootY, winX, winY;
	unsigned int mask;
	XQueryPointer(dpy,DefaultRootWindow(dpy),&root,&child,
	&rootX,&rootY,&winX,&winY,&mask);
	std::cout << "root x : " << rootX << "\n";
	std::cout << "root y : " << rootY << "\n";
	x = rootX;
	y = rootY;
	}
	int main()
	{
	initMouse();
	initDisplay();
	int tempx, tempy;
	for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; ++i)
	{
	mouseMove(100, 100);
	sleep(1);
	std::cout << "i : " << i << "\n";
	}
	destroyMouse();
	return 0;
	}

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