Clippy — Access system clipboard in Dart (Server & Browser)
A library to access the clipboard (copy/paste) for server and browser
Add clippy to dependencies/dev_dependencies in in your pubspec.yaml
In the server Clippy supports writing and reading from the clipboard. It uses system tools for this:
- On linux uses
xsel(Install if needed) - On Mac uses
pbcopy/pbpaste - On windows it embeds a copy/paste tool win-clipboard
import 'package:clippy/server.dart' as clippy;
main() async {
// Write to clipboard
await clippy.write('https://github.com/andresaraujo/clippy');
// Read from clipboard
final clipboard = await clippy.read();
}See example/server
In the browser Clippy supports writing and listening to paste events.
import 'package:clippy/browser.dart' as clippy;
main() async {
// Write a string to clipboard
await clippy.write('https://github.com/andresaraujo/clippy');
// Write text from an element to clipboard
await clippy.write(element);
// Write current selection to clipboard
await clippy.write();
// Listen to paste event
clippy.onPaste.listen((text) => print('OnPaste: $text'));
}See example/web