CAAS

Clipboard as a service.

If you're using stuff like Vagrant this might be useful.

Installation

xsel is required in $PATH. Then:

$ npm i caas -g

Usage

Standalone Service

1. Launch the caas bin. It'll bind port 2547.

2. Access clipboard via GET and PUT:

   # Copy:
   $ echo copy this | curl -X PUT --data-binary http://localhost:2547
   # Paste:
   $ curl http://localhost:2547
   

More CLI options

-p, --port  The port to bind       [default: 2547]
-H, --host  Bind to specific host  [default: "0.0.0.0"]
-h, --help  Call for help

Embeded in your app

You can basically use it as an Express app. npm i cass locally and:

// WARNING: codez not tested.
var caas = require("caas")
  , clipApp = caas.create(caas.clipper.xsel)

// Later(still not tested)
yourExpressOrConnectApp.use("/klip/", clipApp)

Later

• Basic auth for security
• Support Mac via pbcopy and pbpaste
• Figure out how to handle xclip. It's got better manpage than xsel so it deserves some love.

Patches welcome for sure.

LICENSE

http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/