osclip.py

"""

OsClip: bi-directional clipboard sharing between computers (PC or Mac)
	based on pyperclip and python-osc

by:			zappfinger (Richard van Bemmelen)
version:	1.0
date:		13-10-2018

"""

from pythonosc import dispatcher
from pythonosc import osc_server, udp_client
import time
import threading
import pyperclip

"""
	enter the ip address of PC or Mac to share the clipboard with
	enter this machine's ip address on the other machine as well 
"""
##########################
otherIP = '192.168.1.9'
##########################

magic = 'm@gic:'

class server():
	def __init__(self, ip, port):
		self.dispatcher = dispatcher.Dispatcher()
		self.dispatcher.map("/clip", self.print_clip_handler, "")
		self.server = osc_server.ThreadingOSCUDPServer((ip, port), self.dispatcher)

	def print_clip_handler(self, unused_addr, args, cliptext):
		print("{0}".format(cliptext))
		if magic in cliptext:
			cliptext = cliptext[6:]
			pyperclip.copy(cliptext)

class client():
	def __init__(self, ip, port):
		self.oldclip = ''
		self.client = udp_client.SimpleUDPClient(ip, port)

	def send(self):		# send when clipboard has changed
		while 1:
			pasted = pyperclip.paste()
			if not (magic in pasted) and pasted!= self.oldclip:
				self.client.send_message("/clip", magic + pasted)
				self.oldclip = pasted
				print(self.oldclip)
			time.sleep(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	def worker1():
		serv = server('0.0.0.0', 8888)
		print("Serving on {}".format(serv.server.server_address))
		serv.server.serve_forever()

	def worker2():
		clint = client(otherIP, 8888)
		clint.send()

	thread_list = []
	thread1 = threading.Thread(target=worker1)
	thread_list.append(thread1)
	thread1.start()
	thread2 = threading.Thread(target=worker2)
	thread_list.append(thread2)
	thread2.start()

while 1:
	time.sleep(.5)	# uses less CPU than pass