Reading from the clipboard with Swift 3 on macOS

Question

I\'m a beginner with Swift, and I\'m trying to figure out how can I read what has been copied to the clipboard On macOS (Swift 3)? I\'ve searched a lot but can\'t seem to find a

Answer 1

Works for Swift 3 and Swift 4

// Set string to clipboard
let pasteboard = NSPasteboard.general
pasteboard.declareTypes([NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.string], owner: nil)
pasteboard.setString("Good Morning", forType: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.string)

var clipboardItems: [String] = []
for element in pasteboard.pasteboardItems! {
    if let str = element.string(forType: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType(rawValue: "public.utf8-plain-text")) {
        clipboardItems.append(str)
    }
}

// Access the item in the clipboard
let firstClipboardItem = clipboardItems[0] // Good Morning