Function get_contents

pub fn get_contents(
    clipboard: ClipboardType,
    seat: Seat<'_>,
    mime_type: MimeType<'_>,
) -> Result<(PipeReader, String), Error>

Retrieves the clipboard contents.

This function returns a tuple of the reading end of a pipe containing the clipboard contents and the actual MIME type of the contents.

If seat is None, uses an unspecified seat (it depends on the order returned by the compositor). This is perfectly fine when only a single seat is present, so for most configurations.

Examples

use std::io::Read;
use wl_clipboard_rs::{paste::{get_contents, ClipboardType, Error, MimeType, Seat}};

let result = get_contents(ClipboardType::Regular, Seat::Unspecified, MimeType::Any);
match result {
    Ok((mut pipe, mime_type)) => {
        println!("Got data of the {} MIME type", &mime_type);

        let mut contents = vec![];
        pipe.read_to_end(&mut contents)?;
        println!("Read {} bytes of data", contents.len());
    }

    Err(Error::NoSeats) | Err(Error::ClipboardEmpty) | Err(Error::NoMimeType) => {
        // The clipboard is empty, nothing to worry about.
    }

    Err(err) => Err(err)?
}