@capacitor/clipboard

The Clipboard API enables copy and pasting to/from the system clipboard.

Install

npm install @capacitor/clipboard@latest-5
npx cap sync

Example

import { Clipboard } from '@capacitor/clipboard';

const writeToClipboard = async () => {
  await Clipboard.write({
    string: "Hello World!"
  });
};

const checkClipboard = async () => {
  const { type, value } = await Clipboard.read();

  console.log(`Got ${type} from clipboard: ${value}`);
};

API

• write(...)
• read()
• Interfaces

write(...)

write(options: WriteOptions) => Promise<void>

Write a value to the clipboard (the "copy" action)

Param	Type
options	WriteOptions

Since: 1.0.0

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read()

read() => Promise<ReadResult>

Read a value from the clipboard (the "paste" action)

Returns:

Promise<ReadResult>

Since: 1.0.0

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Interfaces

WriteOptions

Represents the data to be written to the clipboard.

Prop	Type	Description	Since
string	string	Text value to copy.	1.0.0
image	string	Image in Data URL format to copy.	1.0.0
url	string	URL string to copy.	1.0.0
label	string	User visible label to accompany the copied data (Android Only).	1.0.0

ReadResult

Represents the data read from the clipboard.

Prop	Type	Description	Since
value	string	Data read from the clipboard.	1.0.0
type	string	Type of data in the clipboard.	1.0.0