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I'd like my python program to place some text in the Mac clipboard.
Is this possible?
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Pyperclip is a cross-platform Python module for copy and paste clipboard functions. It works with both Python 2 and 3.
You can use the module called win32clipboard, which is part of pywin32. An important reminder from the documentation: When the window has finished examining or changing the clipboard, close the clipboard by calling CloseClipboard. This enables other windows to access the clipboard.
On a Mac system, it is very straight-forward. All you need to do is open Launchpad and search for Terminal , and in the terminal, type Python and boom, it will give you an output with the Python version.
How to write a Unicode string to the Mac clipboard:
import subprocess def write_to_clipboard(output): process = subprocess.Popen( 'pbcopy', env={'LANG': 'en_US.UTF-8'}, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) process.communicate(output.encode('utf-8')) How to read a Unicode string from the Mac clipboard:
import subprocess def read_from_clipboard(): return subprocess.check_output( 'pbpaste', env={'LANG': 'en_US.UTF-8'}).decode('utf-8') Works on both Python 2.7 and Python 3.4.
2021 Update: If you need to be able to read the clipboard on other operating systems and not just Mac and are okay with adding an external library, pyperclip also seems to work well. I tested it on Mac with Unicode text:
python -m pip install pyperclip python -c 'import pyperclip; pyperclip.copy("私はDavid!🙂")' # copy python -c 'import pyperclip; print(repr(pyperclip.paste()))' # paste If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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