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153 lines
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# clipboard
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> Perform copy and paste operations on the system clipboard.
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The following example shows how to write a string to the clipboard:
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```javascript
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const {clipboard} = require('electron')
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clipboard.writeText('Example String')
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```
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On X Window systems, there is also a selection clipboard. To manipulate it
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you need to pass `selection` to each method:
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```javascript
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const {clipboard} = require('electron')
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clipboard.writeText('Example String', 'selection')
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console.log(clipboard.readText('selection'))
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```
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## Methods
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The `clipboard` module has the following methods:
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**Note:** Experimental APIs are marked as such and could be removed in future.
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### `clipboard.readText([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `String` - The content in the clipboard as plain text.
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### `clipboard.writeText(text[, type])`
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* `text` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Writes the `text` into the clipboard as plain text.
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### `clipboard.readHTML([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `String` - The content in the clipboard as markup.
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### `clipboard.writeHTML(markup[, type])`
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* `markup` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Writes `markup` to the clipboard.
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### `clipboard.readImage([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `NativeImage` - The content in the clipboard as a [NativeImage](native-image.md).
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### `clipboard.writeImage(image[, type])`
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* `image` [NativeImage](native-image.md)
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* `type` String (optional)
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Writes `image` to the clipboard.
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### `clipboard.readRTF([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `String` - The content in the clipboard as RTF.
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### `clipboard.writeRTF(text[, type])`
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* `text` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Writes the `text` into the clipboard in RTF.
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### `clipboard.readBookmark()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `Object`:
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* `title` String
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* `url` String
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Returns an Object containing `title` and `url` keys representing the bookmark in
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the clipboard. The `title` and `url` values will be empty strings when the
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bookmark is unavailable.
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### `clipboard.writeBookmark(title, url[, type])` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `title` String
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* `url` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Writes the `title` and `url` into the clipboard as a bookmark.
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**Note:** Most apps on Windows don't support pasting bookmarks into them so
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you can use `clipboard.write` to write both a bookmark and fallback text to the
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clipboard.
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```js
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clipboard.write({
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text: 'http://electron.atom.io',
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bookmark: 'Electron Homepage'
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})
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```
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### `clipboard.clear([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Clears the clipboard content.
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### `clipboard.availableFormats([type])`
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `String[]` - An array of supported formats for the clipboard `type`.
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### `clipboard.has(data[, type])` _Experimental_
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* `data` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `Boolean` - Whether the clipboard supports the format of specified `data`.
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```javascript
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const {clipboard} = require('electron')
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console.log(clipboard.has('<p>selection</p>'))
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```
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### `clipboard.read(data[, type])` _Experimental_
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* `data` String
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* `type` String (optional)
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Returns `String` - Reads `data` from the clipboard.
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### `clipboard.write(data[, type])`
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* `data` Object
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* `text` String
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* `html` String
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* `image` [NativeImage](native-image.md)
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* `rtf` String
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* `bookmark` String - The title of the url at `text`.
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* `type` String (optional)
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```javascript
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const {clipboard} = require('electron')
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clipboard.write({text: 'test', html: '<b>test</b>'})
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```
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Writes `data` to the clipboard.
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