How to copy all text from an URL to the clipboard using Python?

Question

I want to make a script that copies all the text from an URL to the clipboard. I have tried to find a solution here, and on other forums, but I have not found anything that answers the question. I am pretty new to Python, so its hard to figure out by myself.

Answer 1

Try the package Pyperclip . Here's an example from their site

import pyperclip
pyperclip.copy('The text to be copied to the clipboard.')
spam = pyperclip.paste()

If you have a variable that stores the URL you can sub that in for the argument in copy. Installation:

pip install pyperclip

Answer 2

clipboard is cross platform (Linux, Mac & Windows), ie:

Install:

pip install clipboard

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Usage:

import clipboard
clipboard.copy("abc")  # put "abc" on clipboard
cb_text = clipboard.paste()  # get clipboard content