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Cross-platform clipboard utilities supporting both binary and text data.

Project description

pyperclip3

Cross-platform clipboard utilities supporting both binary and text data.

Installation

Requires python 3.7+

pip install pyperclip3

Usage

pyperclip3 can be used in Python code

import pyperclip3

pyperclip3.copy("hello clipboard") # copy data to the clipboard
cb_data = pyperclip3.paste() # retrieve clipboard contents 
print(cb_data)

pyperclip3.clear() # clears the clipboard contents
assert not pyperclip3.paste()

Or a CLI

# paste clipboard contents to stdout
python -m pyperclip3 paste

# load contents to the clipboard from stdin
python -m pyperclip3 copy < myfile.text
# same as above, but pipe from another command
some-program | python -m pyperclip3 copy

Status

This library will implement functionality for several platforms and clipboard utilities.

  • MacOS (via pbcopy/pbpaste)
  • Windows (coming soon)
  • Linux (xclip - coming soon)
  • Linux (xsel - coming soon)

If there is a platform or utility not currently listed, please request it by creating an issue.

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