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How to get Clipboard data using Python ready-to-use function?<\/mark>
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Install the following module(s) if you haven’t installed them already:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pip install pywin32<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This Python function provides a convenient way to get the content of the clipboard. The clipboard content can be read as text or list items. The ready-to-use Python function to get Clipboard data is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
def get_clipboard_text(option='text', list_option='\\r\\n'):\n    # Returns the text currently stored in the clipboard.\n    win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()\n    clipboard_text = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData()\n    win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()\n    \n    # clip to text or list\n    if option == 'list':\n        try: clipboard_data = clipboard_text.split(list_option)\n        except Exception as err:\n            print('Error Message: ' + str(err))\n            return\n    elif option == 'text':\n        clipboard_data = clipboard_text\n    else:\n        messagebox.showinfo('Message', 'Please provide correct option (text or list)!')\n        return\n    \n    # return clipboard data\n    if clipboard_data[len(clipboard_data)-1] == '': clipboard_data.pop()\n    return clipboard_data<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Write your main code as a sample below,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
import win32clipboard\n\nprint(get_clipboard_text('text'))\nprint(get_clipboard_text('list', '\\n'))\nprint(get_clipboard_text('list', ' '))<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Copy the text below and then execute the sample code above,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SoftwareVersion='2.1'\nbase= 'Win32GUI'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The output of the code is (text),<\/mark>\n\nSoftwareVersion='2.1'\nbase= 'Win32GUI'\n\nThe output of the code is (list & new line),<\/mark>\n\n[\"SoftwareVersion='2.1'\", \"base= 'Win32GUI'\"]\n\nThe output of the code is (list & space),<\/mark>\n\n[\"SoftwareVersion='2.1'\\nbase=\", \"'Win32GUI'\"]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

How does the function work?<\/mark><\/h5><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This is a Python function called get_clipboard_text<\/code> which takes two optional parameters, option<\/code> and list_option<\/code>. Here’s how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The function first imports the win32clipboard<\/code> module which is a part of the pywin32<\/code> library for Windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It then uses the OpenClipboard()<\/code> function to open the clipboard and the GetClipboardData()<\/code> function to get the current content of the clipboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. After retrieving the clipboard data, the function uses CloseClipboard()<\/code> to close the clipboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Depending on the value of the option<\/code> parameter, the function either returns the clipboard data as text or as a list. If option<\/code> is set to 'list'<\/code>, it splits the clipboard data by the value of the list_option<\/code> parameter (which defaults to '\\r\\n'<\/code>, a common separator for lines of text in Windows). If option<\/code> is set to 'text'<\/code> (which is the default value for option<\/code>), it simply returns the clipboard data as is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. If option<\/code> is set to any other value, the function displays a message box informing the user that the provided option is not correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. If the clipboard data ends with an empty line (which is common when copying multiple lines of text), the function removes it using the pop()<\/code> method before returning the final clipboard data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    Overall, the get_clipboard_text<\/code> function provides a convenient way to retrieve the current content of the clipboard in Python, and can be used in a variety of scenarios such as automating tasks that involve copying and pasting data between different applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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