python paste from clipboard windows code example

Example 1: save clipboard data win32clipboard python

import win32clipboard

# set clipboard data
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
win32clipboard.SetClipboardText('testing 123')
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

# get clipboard data
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData()
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
print data

Example 2: python copy to clipboard command

# To use native Python directories, use:
from subprocess import check_call

# On windows use:
def copy2clip(txt):
    cmd='echo '+txt.strip()+'|clip'
    return check_call(cmd, shell=True)

# On Mac use:
def copy2clip(txt):
    cmd='echo '+txt.strip()+'|pbcopy'
    return check_call(cmd, shell=True)

# Then to call the function use:
copy2clip('This is on my clipboard!')