Create Get-ClipboardHistory.ps1

Author: bastienperez

Get-ClipboardHistory.ps1

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+<#
+
+from: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mutaguchi/019ad33e156637585a22a656d8fd3f46/raw/38cba2de838e52004e75c400c254877a4f8e6ad3/ClipboardHistory.ps1
+Get-ClipboardHistory: Get the texts contained in the clipboard history.
+Clear-ClipboardHistory: Clearing the clipboard history
+
+In PowerShell 7.1 or later, use the following command to install Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref with administrative privileges.
+Find-Package -ProviderName NuGet -Source https://www.nuget.org/api/v2 -Name Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref | Install-Package
+#>
+
+$needsSDK = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge "7.1.0" 
+
+if ($needsSDK) {
+    $sdkLib = Split-Path -Path (Get-Package -ProviderName NuGet -Name Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source) -Parent | Join-Path -ChildPath "\lib"
+    Add-Type -Path "$sdkLib\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll"
+    Add-Type -Path "$sdkLib\WinRT.Runtime.dll"
+}
+else {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime
+}
+
+$clipboard = if ($needsSDK) {
+    [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.Clipboard]
+}
+else {
+    [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.Clipboard, Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]
+}
+get-
+function await {
+    param($AsyncTask, [Type]$ResultType)
+
+    $method = [WindowsRuntimeSystemExtensions].GetMember("GetAwaiter") | Where-Object { $_.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType.Name -eq 'IAsyncOperation`1' } | Select-Object -First 1  $method.MakeGenericMethod($ResultType).Invoke($null, @($AsyncTask)).GetResult()
+}
+
+function Get-ClipboardHistory {
+    $type = if ($script:needsSDK) {
+        [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.ClipboardHistoryItemsResult]
+    }
+    else {
+        [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.ClipboardHistoryItemsResult, Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]
+    }
+
+    $result = await $script:clipboard::GetHistoryItemsAsync() $type
+    
+    $outItems = if ($script:needsSDK) {
+        @($result.Items.AdditionalTypeData.Values)
+    }
+    else {
+        @($result.Items)
+    }
+
+    $outItems | Where-Object { $_.Content.Contains("Text") } | ForEach-Object {
+        await $_.Content.GetTextAsync() ([string])
+    }
+}
+
+function Clear-ClipboardHistory {
+    $null = $script:clipboard::ClearHistory()
+}