js send a string to clipboard code example

Example 1: how to copy text in the clipboard in js

<html>
  <input type="text" value="Hello world"(Can be of your choice) id="myInput"(id is the name of the text, you can change it later)
<button onclick="Hello()">Copy Text</button>

<script>
  function Hello() {
  var copyText = document.getElementById('myInput')
  copyText.select();
  document.execCommand('copy')
  console.log('Copied Text')
}
</script>

Example 2: copy to clipboard javascript

// Since Async Clipboard API is not supported for all browser!
function copyTextToClipboard(text) {
  var textArea = document.createElement("textarea");
  textArea.value = text
  document.body.appendChild(textArea);
  textArea.focus();
  textArea.select();

  try {
    var successful = document.execCommand('copy');
    var msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
    console.log('Copying text command was ' + msg);
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Oops, unable to copy');
  }

  document.body.removeChild(textArea);
}

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