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# Clipboard Data
Spreadsheet software like Excel typically support copying and pasting cells and
data. This is implemented through the Clipboard ("Pasteboard" in OSX parlance).
When copying a selection of cells, Excel for Windows stores a screenshot of the
selected cells as an image. It also creates and stores a number of strings and
files for the various formats, including TSV, CSV, HTML, RTF, SYLK, DIF, XLSB,
XLS (both '97-2004 and '95), and SpreadsheetML 2003.
Not all Clipboard APIs offer access to all clipboard types.
## Browser
Clipboard data can be read from a `paste` event, accessible from the event
`clipboardData` property:
```js
document.onpaste = function(e) {
/* get TSV */
var str = e.clipboardData.getData('text/html');
/* parse */
var wb = XLSX.read(str, {type: "string"});
/* DO SOMETHING WITH wb HERE */
}
```
`getData` accepts one argument: the desired MIME type. Chrome 103 supports:
| MIME type | Data format |
|:-------------|:---------------------------|
| `text/plain` | TSV (tab separated values) |
| `text/html` | HTML |
| `text/rtf` | RTF (rich text format) |
`getData` returns a string compatible with the `string` type for `XLSX.read`.
### Live Demo
Open a file in Excel, copy some cells, then come back to this window. Click on
"RESULT" below and paste (Control+V for Windows, Command+V for Mac).
```jsx live
function Clipboard() {
const [csvs, setCSVs] = React.useState([ "", "", "" ]);
/* Set up paste handler */
React.useEffect(async() => {
document.onpaste = function(e) {
/* this demo will read 3 different clipboard data types */
var mime_arr = [ 'text/plain', 'text/html', 'text/rtf' ];
/* get clipboard data for each type */
var data_arr = mime_arr.map(mime => e.clipboardData.getData(mime));
/* parse each data string into a workbook */
var wb_arr = data_arr.map(str => XLSX.read(str, {type: "string"}));
/* get first worksheet from each workbook */
var ws_arr = wb_arr.map(wb => wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]]);
/* generate CSV for each "first worksheet" */
var result = ws_arr.map(ws => XLSX.utils.sheet_to_csv(ws));
setCSVs(result);
}
}, []);
return (
<>
{csvs[0] && (<pre><b>Data from clipboard TSV (text/plain)</b><br/>{csvs[0]}</pre>)}
{csvs[1] && (<pre><b>Data from clipboard HTML (text/html)</b><br/>{csvs[1]}</pre>)}
{csvs[2] && (<pre><b>Data from clipboard RTF (text/rtf)</b><br/>{csvs[2]}</pre>)}
{csvs.every(x => !x) && <b>Copy data in Excel, click here, and paste (Control+V)</b>}
</>
)
}
```