Merge pull request '[#240] Migrated clipboard plugin from pyperclip to pyclip' (#241) from 240-migrate-clipboard-integration-to-pyclip into master

Reviewed-on: platypush/platypush#241

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Given the high speed of development in the first phase, changes are being
 reported only starting from v0.20.2.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Migrated the `clipboard` integration from `pyperclip` to `pyclip` (see
+  [#240](https://git.platypush.tech/platypush/platypush/issues/240)).
+  `pyperclip` is unmaintained and largely broken, and `pyclip` seems to be a
+  viable drop-in alternative.
+
 ## [0.24.5] - 2023-02-22
 
 ### Added

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ autodoc_mock_imports = [
     'bluetooth',
     'gevent.wsgi',
     'Adafruit_IO',
-    'pyperclip',
+    'pyclip',
     'pydbus',
     'inputs',
     'inotify',

platypush/plugins/clipboard/__init__.py

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class ClipboardPlugin(RunnablePlugin):
     monitor and get the current clipboard content.
 
     Requires:
-        - **pyperclip** (``pip install pyperclip``)
+
+        - **pyclip** (``pip install pyclip``)
 
     Triggers:
 
@@ -32,27 +33,27 @@ class ClipboardPlugin(RunnablePlugin):
         :param text: Text to copy
         :type text: str
         """
-        import pyperclip
+        import pyclip
 
-        pyperclip.copy(text)
+        pyclip.copy(text)
 
     @action
     def paste(self):
         """
         Get the current content of the clipboard
         """
-        import pyperclip
+        import pyclip
 
-        return pyperclip.paste()
+        return pyclip.paste(text=True)
 
     def main(self):
-        import pyperclip
+        import pyclip
 
         last_error_time = 0
 
         while not self.should_stop():
             try:
-                text = pyperclip.paste()
+                text = pyclip.paste(text=True)
                 if text and text != self._last_text:
                     get_bus().post(ClipboardEvent(text=text))
                     self._last_text = text

platypush/plugins/clipboard/manifest.yaml

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ manifest:
     platypush.message.event.clipboard.ClipboardEvent: on clipboard update.
   install:
     pip:
-    - pyperclip
+    - pyclip
   package: platypush.plugins.clipboard
   type: plugin

setup.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def readfile(fname):
 def pkg_files(dir):
     paths = []
     # noinspection PyShadowingNames
-    for (path, _, files) in os.walk(dir):
+    for path, _, files in os.walk(dir):
         for file in files:
             paths.append(os.path.join('..', path, file))
     return paths
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ setup(
         # Support for SSH integration
         'ssh': ['paramiko'],
         # Support for clipboard integration
-        'clipboard': ['pyperclip'],
+        'clipboard': ['pyclip'],
         # Support for luma.oled display drivers
         'luma-oled': ['luma.oled @ git+https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.oled'],
         # Support for DBus integration