pasta.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Pasta - One Way Super-Paste
#
# Author: Wes Moskal-Fitzpatrick
#
# Created to get around frustration of working with remote desktop
# configurations (usually Citrix) where copy and paste is disabled.
#
# Pasta uses pyautogui and keyboard to re-type text stored in the
# clipboard as you would with your human digits, only thousands of
# times faster.
#
# Change History
# --------------
# 2020-09-22 : 0.1 : WMF : Created.
# 2020-09-24 : 0.2 : WMF : Removed commented out test code.
#

import argparse
import tkinter
import time
import pyautogui
import keyboard


def main(countdown):
    def countDown():
        """start countdown seconds"""
        for k in range(countdown, -1, -1):
            clock["text"] = k
            time.sleep(1)
            root.update()  # Tk needs this after sleep()
        clock["text"] = "Done"

    root = tkinter.Tk()
    root.geometry("200x100")
    root.title('Pasta')
    root.attributes("-topmost", True)

    def submitFunction():
        button.place_forget()
        countDown()

        # Click into window
        x, y = pyautogui.position()
        pyautogui.click(x, y)

        # "Paste"
        keyboard.write(clipboard)
        ready.set(1)

    clipboard = root.clipboard_get()

    clock = tkinter.Label()
    clock.place(relx=.5, rely=.7, anchor="c")

    ready = tkinter.IntVar()
    info = tkinter.Label(
        text="Click 'Ready' and select the window to paste to...",
        wraplength=150,
        justify="left",
    )
    info.place(relx=.1, rely=.1)
    button = tkinter.Button(root, text="Ready", command=submitFunction)
    button.place(relx=.5, rely=.7, anchor="c")

    root.wait_variable(ready)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Re-type clipboard text")
    parser.add_argument(
        "-t",
        "--timer",
        type=int,
        default=3,
        help="Countdown in seconds before typing begins",
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args.timer)