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How do I paste the copied text from keyboard in python


You will want to pass pyperclip.paste() the same place you would place a string for your entry or text widget inserts.

Take a look at this example code.

There is a button to copy what is in the entry field and one to paste to entry field.

import tkinter as tkfrom tkinter import ttkimport pypercliproot = tk.Tk()some_entry = tk.Entry(root)some_entry.pack()def update_btn():    global some_entry    pyperclip.copy(some_entry.get())def update_btn_2():    global some_entry    # for the insert method the 2nd argument is always the string to be    # inserted to the Entry field.    some_entry.insert(tk.END, pyperclip.paste())btn = ttk.Button(root, text="Copy to clipboard", command = update_btn)btn.pack()btn2 = ttk.Button(root, text="Paste current clipboard", command = update_btn_2)btn2.pack()root.mainloop()

Alternatively you could just do Ctrl+V :D


You need to remove the line:

pyperclip.copy('The text to be copied to the clipboard.')

Because it overrides what you are copied using the keyboard.


For example, I copied you question's title, and here's how I pasted into python shell:

>>> import pyperclip >>> pyperclip.paste() 'How do I paste the copied text from keyboard in python\n\n'>>> 


If you're already using tkinter in your code, and all you need is the content in the clipboard. Then tkinter has an in-built method to do just that.

import tkinter as tkroot = tk.Tk()spam = root.clipboard_get()

To add the copied text in a tkinter Entry/Textbox, you can use a tkinter variable:

var = tk.StringVar()var.set(spam)

And link that variable to the Entry widget.

box = tk.Entry(root, textvariable = var)