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Replies for: Both writeText and readText methods are returning Promise objects. Could you post full code that is able to print the copied text in console log?

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peerreynders • • Edited 
setTimeout(() => {
  navigator.clipboard.readText().then((clipText) => console.log(clipText));
}, 5000);
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or

setTimeout(async () => {
  const clipText = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
  console.log(clipText);
}, 5000);
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Copy either of the snippets into the Chrome DevTools console panel and run it. Then you have 5 seconds to select and copy something before it appears in the console when the timeout expires.

MDN: Clipboard.readText() - Example

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Hillary Chibuko •

yea this is awesome content...
The navigator.clipboard.readText returns a promise ....
so listening for a promise and pasting into the console after five seconds is great , because by then the promise most have resolved...
Kudos!!!