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 class ClipboardPlugin(RunnablePlugin): """ Plugin to programmatically copy strings to your system clipboard, monitor and get the current clipboard content. Requires: - **pyperclip** (``pip install pyperclip``) Triggers: - :class:`platypush.message.event.clipboard.ClipboardEvent` on clipboard update. """ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) self._last_text: Optional[str] = None @action def copy(self, text): """ Copies a text to the OS clipboard :param text: Text to copy :type text: str """ import pyperclip pyperclip.copy(text) @action def paste(self): """ Get the current content of the clipboard """ import pyperclip return pyperclip.paste() def main(self): import pyperclip last_error_time = 0 while not self.should_stop(): try: text = pyperclip.paste() 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') # vim:sw=4:ts=4:et: