Source code for platypush.plugins.clipboard
from time import time
from typing import Optional
from platypush.context import get_bus
from platypush.message.event.clipboard import ClipboardEvent
from platypush.plugins import RunnablePlugin, action
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class ClipboardPlugin(RunnablePlugin):
"""
Plugin to programmatically copy strings to your system clipboard,
monitor and get the current clipboard content.
"""
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def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self._last_text: Optional[str] = None
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@action
def copy(self, text):
"""
Copies a text to the OS clipboard
:param text: Text to copy
:type text: str
"""
import pyclip
pyclip.copy(text)
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@action
def paste(self):
"""
Get the current content of the clipboard
"""
import pyclip
return pyclip.paste(text=True)
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def main(self):
import pyclip
last_error_time = 0
while not self.should_stop():
try:
text = pyclip.paste(text=True)
if text and text != self._last_text:
get_bus().post(ClipboardEvent(text=text))
self._last_text = text
except Exception as e:
if time() - last_error_time > 60:
last_error_time = time()
self.logger.error(
'Could not access the clipboard: %s: %s', type(e), e
)
finally:
self._should_stop.wait(0.1)
self.logger.info('Stopped clipboard monitor backend')
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