Book Junction Clipboard

Author

Gaurav Sahitya

About

This is a npm package that lets user to copy things onto their system's clipboard. This package works on all type of operating system like Windows, Ubuntu and Mac.

Package Requirements

1. Powershell
2. Node.js
3. Visual Studio Code

Note You can use any code editor of your choice.

Installation Steps

Note If you are using Windows 10 or higher, you don't need to install PowerShell separately on your system, as it is already included in the operating system.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common

source /etc/os-release

wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$VERSION_ID/packages-microsoft-prod.deb

sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y powershell

pwsh

Note These installation steps are for ubuntu only.

Usage

const Clipboards=require("@book-junction/clipboards/build");

//Instantiate the class.

const object = new Clipboards.default();

(async () => await object.copy("text to copy")); // Your text is now copied to your clipboard, press Ctrl+V to test.

Note: Copy method can throw errors, so please handle them gracefully.

Where it can be used

This package has numerous use cases, but one practical example is its application in writing Node.js commit message generator scripts. With it, you can automatically paste the generated commit message onto the system's clipboard.