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ClipboardItem: types property

The read-only types property of the ClipboardItem interface returns an Array of MIME types available within the ClipboardItem

Value

An Array of available MIME types.

Examples

In the below example, we're returning all items on the clipboard via the clipboard.read() method. Then checking the types property for available types before utilizing the ClipboardItem.getType() method to return the Blob object. If no clipboards contents is found for the specified type, an error is returned.

js

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);
  }
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
types 76 79 87 No 63 13.1 84 84 No 60 13.4 14.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ClipboardItem/types