Accessing clipboard content in headless mode

parijat patel

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Jun 23, 2021, 11:28:27 PM6/23/21

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Hi,

I am trying to access clipboard data in headless mode. I checked it in all channels available on Google and it says that headless doesn't support clipboard because of no GUI available in headless mode.

It works fine in normal mode, could you please let me know if there is any way I can access the clipboard data in headless mode or if there is any synthetic clipboard available in headless for use ??

The software I am testing has a specific requirement of checking the data copied to clipboard is correct and hence is not available anywhere else (e.g., local storage, cookies or console) on the software.

It would be great if someone could help me with this !?

Thank you,

Parijat

Rakesh Bhat

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Jun 27, 2021, 12:25:16 PM6/27/21

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Yes possible to do

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David

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Jun 27, 2021, 7:29:18 PM6/27/21

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How do you verify it in normal (GUI) mode? To evaluate/compare how you would do it in headless mode or where it seems problematic in headless mode.

parijat patel

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Jun 28, 2021, 7:44:48 AM6/28/21

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Using system clipboard in normal mode, the software I am testing copies data to clipboard. Selenium in normal mode picks it up directly, I just had to install xclip package.

In headless mode, there is no clipboard available so the data copied is empty. So I would like to test that the data is still copied in clipboard in headless mode, and confirm it by pasting the copied content to another file (excel, dataframe, word, etc. ..) and check it it is as expected.

Abhijit Mone

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Jun 28, 2021, 7:54:47 AM6/28/21

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Are you using java or JavaScript?

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parijat patel

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Jun 28, 2021, 7:58:36 AM6/28/21

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For testing I am using python + selenium. Testing the function in chromium and on Ubuntu image on git.

Abhijit Mone

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Jun 28, 2021, 8:05:17 AM6/28/21

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Okay got it, I'll look into it and let you know.

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parijat patel

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Jun 28, 2021, 8:07:20 AM6/28/21

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Thank you !! I will appreciate your help and time.

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Sep 29, 2021, 3:58:37 AM9/29/21

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Is there a way to fetch the data which is in clipboard in ubuntu and headless browser. clipboard.paste() has no data in ubuntu headless browser but it works fine on windows.

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Sep 29, 2021, 3:58:40 AM9/29/21

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what is the solution, please share

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Oct 4, 2021, 4:31:14 AM10/4/21

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Hey,

Can you please share the solution.

Thanks in advance.

Анастасия Заречнева

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Jan 26, 2023, 11:45:03 PM1/26/23

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I think this might work: https://www.appsloveworld.com/bestanswer/selenium/138/how-to-fetch-copied-content-from-a-clipboard-selenium-headless-mode

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