goclipimg

README

goclipimg

This is just a tiny library that helps you getting an image from your clipboard into your application.

Requirements

Linux

If you are running X11 you will need to have xclip installed.

On Wayland you will need wl-clipboard.

Windows

On Windows, this simply invokes a PowerShell script. Sadly this causes the library to open a PowerShell window, unless you are already running inside of a terminal.

Example

func main() {
    data, err := goclipimg.GetImageFromClipboard()
    if err == nil {
        doSomethingWithYourPNG(data)
    }
}

Documentation

Index

• Variables
• func GetImageFromClipboard() ([]byte, error)

Variables

var ErrImagePasteUnsupported = errors.New("xclip/wl-clipboard is not available on this system")

ErrImagePasteUnsupported means that xclip(X11) or wl-clipboard(Wayland) can't be found or isn't installed.

var (

	// ErrNoImageInClipboard means that no data was returned.
	ErrNoImageInClipboard = errors.New("the clipboard doesn't contain an image")
)

Functions

func GetImageFromClipboard

func GetImageFromClipboard() ([]byte, error)

GetImageFromClipboard returns either a byte array containing PNG data or an error that indicates that no png could be retrieved.