github.com/zacjoffe/clipboard

Clipboard

Simple Golang libraries for reading and writing text to/from the clipboard in Linux.

Libraries for both xclip and xsel are included in separate packages. See the section below and installation and use.

As such, the only dependency for each package is its respective clipboard service (xclip or xsel).

The library for xclip can also be used to copy images to the clipboard.

Installation and Use

Install the library of your choise. For xclip:

go get -u github.com/ZacJoffe/clipboard/xclip

For xsel:

go get -u github.com/ZacJoffe/clipboard/xsel

Then import either of the libraries of your choice in your code:

import (
    "github.com/ZacJoffe/clipboard/xclip"
    "github.com/ZacJoffe/clipboard/xsel"
)

Use the Read and WriteText functions to read and write text to/from the clipboard.

For xclip, use the WriteImage function to copy an image file to the clipboard.

See example.go in the root folder for actual use.