clipboard-sys

!Tested
!Released
!Supported node LTS versions

> Access the system clipboard

- copy/paste text
- copy/paste image
- copy/paste files

Cross-platform!

Supports:

- Windows
- Linux (xclip supporting systems) should be installed xclip (sudo apt-get install xclip)
- MacOS

Install

``nodejs
npm install clipboard-sys
`

Usage

`typescript
import { clipboard } from './index';
import fs from 'fs';

async function readWriteText() {
await clipboard.writeText('some text');
console.log('text from clipboard:', await clipboard.readText());
}
readWriteText();

async function readWriteImage() {
await clipboard.writeImage('./source.png');
await clipboard.readImage('./destination.png');

await clipboard.writeImage(fs.readFileSync('./source.png')); //buffer
return await clipboard.readImage(); //buffer
}
readWriteImage();

async function copyFiles() {
await clipboard.writeFiles('./source1.txt', './source2.png');
console.log(await clipboard.readFiles());
}
copyFiles();

async function pasteFiles() {
await clipboard.pasteFiles('Copy', './destinationFolder', './source1.png', './source2.png');
await clipboard.pasteFiles('Cut', './destinationFolder', './source1.png', './source2.png');
}
pasteFiles();
`

API

`typescript
export interface SysClipboard {
readText(): Promise;
writeText(text: string): Promise;
readImage(file?: string): Promise;
writeImage(file: string | Buffer): Promise;
readFiles(): Promise>;
pasteFiles(action: 'Copy' | 'Cut', destinationFolder: string, ...files: Array): Promise;
writeFiles(...files: Array): Promise;
}
``

#### Contribution

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