The getType() method of the ClipboardItem interface returns a Promise that resolves with a Blob of the requested MIME type or an error if the MIME type is not found.
The getType() method of the ClipboardItem interface returns a Promise that resolves with a Blob of the requested MIME type or an error if the MIME type is not found.
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getType(type)
NotFoundError DOMException
The type does not match a known MIME type.
TypeError No parameter is specified or the type is not that of the ClipboardItem.
In the following example, we're returning all items on the clipboard via the clipboard.read() method. Then utilizing the ClipboardItem.types property to set the getType() argument and return the corresponding blob object.
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async function getClipboardContents() { try { const clipboardItems = await navigator.clipboard.read(); for (const clipboardItem of clipboardItems) { for (const type of clipboardItem.types) { const blob = await clipboardItem.getType(type); // we can now use blob here } } } catch (err) { console.error(err.name, err.message); } }
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| Clipboard API and events # dom-clipboarditem-gettype |
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
getType |
76 | 79 | 87 | No | 63 | 13.1 | 84 | 84 | No | 60 | 13.4 | 14.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ClipboardItem/getType