Can python send text to the Mac clipboard

Question

I\'d like my python program to place some text in the Mac clipboard.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

The following code use PyObjC (https://pyobjc.readthedocs.io)

from AppKit import NSPasteboard, NSArray

pb = NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
pb.clearContents()
a = NSArray.arrayWithObject_("hello world")
pb.writeObjects_(a)

As explained in Cocoa documentation, copying requires three step :

• get the pasteboard
• clear it
• fill it

You fill the pasteboard with an array of object (here a contains only one string).