github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard

go-clipboard

A cross-platform clipboard utility for Go.

It offers abilities for copying and pasting plain text.

installation

go get github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard

documentation

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard

platforms

OS	Supported copy tools	Supported paste tools
Darwin	pbcopy	pbpaste
Windows	clip.exe	powershell
Linux/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Dragonfly	X11: xsel, xclip Wayland: wl-copy	X11: xsel, xclip Wayland: wl-paste
Solaris	X11: xsel, xclip	X11: xsel, xclip
Android (via Termux)	termux-clipboard-set	termux-clipboard-get

examples

copy

examples/copy/copy.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"

	clipboard "github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
)

func main() {
	text := "some text"
	c := clipboard.New()
	if err := c.CopyText(text); err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	fmt.Printf("text \"%s\" was copied into clipboard. Paste it elsewhere.\n", text)
}

paste

examples/paste/paste.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"

	clipboard "github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
)

func main() {
	c := clipboard.New()
	text, err := c.PasteText()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	fmt.Printf("text from clipboard: %v\n", text)
}

unit tests

*nix

make test

Windows

run-tasks.bat test