getClipboard

Get the content of the system clipboard as a base64-encoded string.

Note: Falls back to the deprecated Appium 2 protocol endpoint if the driver does not support the mobile: execute method.

Android only supports the plaintext content type.

Usage

browser.getClipboard(contentType)

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
contentType optional	string	Content type to retrieve (e.g. 'plaintext', 'image', 'url'). Android only supports 'plaintext'.

Example

getClipboard.js

it('should get the clipboard content', async () => {
    const content = await browser.getClipboard()
    const decoded = Buffer.from(content, 'base64').toString('utf8')
})

Returns

• <Promise<string>> returns: Base64-encoded clipboard content.

Support

备注

Refer to the official Appium driver documentation to see which driver versions support this command.