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The readText() method of the Clipboard interface returns a Promise which fulfills with a copy of the textual contents of the system clipboard.
Note: To read non-text contents from the clipboard, use the read() method instead. You can write text to the clipboard using writeText().
None.
Return valueA Promise that resolves with a string containing the textual contents of the clipboard.
Returns an empty string if the clipboard is empty, does not contain text, or does not include a textual representation among the objects representing the clipboard's contents.
ExceptionsNotAllowedError DOMException
Thrown if the access to read the clipboard is not allowed.
NotFoundError DOMException
Thrown if the clipboard indicates that it contains data that can be represented as a text but is unable to provide a textual representation.
Reading from the clipboard can only be done in a secure context.
Additional security requirements are covered in the Security consideration section of the API overview topic.
ExamplesThis example retrieves the textual contents of the clipboard and inserts the returned text into a selected element's contents.
const destination = document.getElementById("outbox");
destinationImage.addEventListener("click", () => {
navigator.clipboard
.readText()
.then((clipText) => (destination.innerText = clipText));
});
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