Clipboard API is the next-generation clipboard operation methodology, which is extra highly effective and cheap than the normal Doc.execCommand() methodology. All its operations are asynchronous and return Promise objects with out inflicting web page jams. Furthermore, it may possibly put arbitrary content material (equivalent to photos) into the clipboard. The navigator.clipboard property returns the Clipboard object, and all operations are carried out via this object.
const clipboardObj = navigator.clipboard;
If the navigator.clipboard property returns undefined, it signifies that the present browser doesn’t help this API (you may see the complete compatibly desk on Can I exploit…). Since customers could put delicate information (equivalent to passwords) on the clipboard, permitting scripts to learn them arbitrarily will trigger safety dangers, so this API has extra safety restrictions. To start with, the Chrome browser stipulates that solely HTTPS protocol pages can use this API. Nonetheless, the event surroundings (localhost) permits using non-encrypted protocols. Secondly, the consumer’s permission must be clearly obtained when calling. The precise implementation of permissions makes use of the Permissions API. There are two permissions associated to the clipboard: clipboard-write (write permission) and clipboard-read (learn permission). The “write permission” is mechanically granted to the script, and the “learn permission” have to be explicitly granted by the consumer. In different phrases, the script could be mechanically accomplished when writing to the clipboard, however when studying the clipboard, the browser will pop up a dialog field asking whether or not the consumer agrees to learn.
As well as, it ought to be famous that what the script reads is at all times the clipboard of the present web page. One drawback that this brings is that in case you paste the related code into the developer instrument and run it instantly, an error could also be reported as a result of the present web page presently is the window of the developer instrument, not an online web page.
In the event you paste the above code into the developer instrument and run it, an error can be reported. As a result of when the code is working, the developer instrument window is the present web page, and there’s no DOM interface that the Clipboard API relies on this web page. One answer is to place the related code in setTimeout() to delay working, and shortly click on on the web page window of the browser earlier than calling the operate to show it into the present web page.
After the above code is pasted into the developer instrument to run, shortly click on on the web page window of the webpage to make it the present web page, in order that no error can be reported.
Clipboard object
clipboard.readText()
The clipboard.readText() methodology is used to repeat the textual content information within the clipboard.
Within the above instance, after the consumer clicks on the web page, the textual content within the clipboard can be output. Be aware that the browser will pop up a dialog field presently, asking the consumer whether or not to agree with the script to learn the clipboard.
If the consumer disagrees, the script will report an error. At the moment, you should utilize the attempt...catch construction to deal with errors.
clipboard.learn()
The clipboard.learn() methodology is used to repeat the info within the clipboard, which could be textual content information or binary information (equivalent to photos). This methodology requires specific permission from the consumer. This methodology returns a Promise object. As soon as the state of the article turns into resolved, an array could be obtained, and every array member is an occasion of a ClipboardItem object.
The ClipboardItem object represents a single clip merchandise and every clip merchandise has a clipboardItem.sorts property and a clipboardItem.getType() methodology. The clipboardItem.sorts property returns an array whose members are the MIME sorts accessible for the clip merchandise. For instance, a clip merchandise could be pasted in HTML format or in plain textual content format. Then it has two MIME sorts (textual content/html and textual content/plain). The clipboardItem.getType(kind) methodology is used to learn the info of the clip merchandise and returns a Promise object. This methodology accepts the MIME kind of the clip merchandise as a parameter and returns the info of that kind. This parameter is required, in any other case, an error can be reported.
clipboard.writeText()
The clipboard.writeText() methodology is used to write down textual content content material to the clipboard.
The above instance is that after the consumer clicks on the internet web page, the script writes textual content information to the clipboard. This methodology doesn’t require consumer permission, however it’s best to place it in attempt...catch to stop errors.
clipboard.write()
The clipboard.write() methodology is used to write down arbitrary information to the clipboard, which could be textual content information or binary information. This methodology accepts a ClipboardItem occasion as a parameter, which represents the info written to the clipboard.
Within the above instance, the script writes an image to the clipboard. Be aware that the Chrome browser at the moment (till this author writes this text) solely helps writing photographs in PNG format. clipboardItem() is a constructor natively offered by the browser to generate an occasion of clipboardItem. It accepts an object as a parameter. The important thing title of the article is the MIME kind of the info, and the important thing worth is the info itself. The next instance is to write down the worth of the identical clip merchandise in a number of codecs to the clipboard, one is textual content information, and the opposite is binary information for pasting on completely different events.
