How to get file path from clipboard in ElectronJS

#javascript #electronjs #clipboard #xclippy

To get file path of a file which you have copied on the your computer through ElectronJS depends on the operating system run the Electron application on.
In this article, I work on two popular operating system MacOs and Windows

On MacOS:

const filePath = clipboard.read('public.file-url').replace('file://', '');

On Windows:

const rawFilePath = clipboard.read('FileNameW');
const filePath = rawFilePath.replace(new RegExp(String.fromCharCode(0), 'g'), '');

import { clipboard } from "electron";
export const getFilePathFromClipboard = () => {
  let filePath = "";
  if (process.platform === "darwin") {
    filePath = clipboard.read("public.file-url").replace("file://", "");
  }

  if (process.platform === "win32") {
    filePath = clipboard
      .read("FileNameW")
      .replace(new RegExp(String.fromCharCode(0), "g"), "");
  }

  return filePath;
};