javascript - Get current clipboard content?

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Use the new clipboard API, via navigator.clipboard. It can be used like this:

navigator.clipboard.readText()
  .then(text => {
    console.log('Pasted content: ', text);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error('Failed to read clipboard contents: ', err);
  });

Or with async syntax:

const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();

Keep in mind that this will prompt the user with a permission request dialog box, so no funny business possible.

The above code will not work if called from the console. It only works when you run the code in an active tab. To run the code from your console you can set a timeout and click in the website window quickly:

setTimeout(async () => {
  const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
  console.log(text);
}, 2000);

Read more on the API and usage in the Google developer docs.

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