How can I make a file copying script in python?

Question

I want to make a python script that grabs the newest file from a given directory (always going to be an image file) and copy that image to my clipboard. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Your question is already answered here -

• How to get the latest file in a folder using python
• Copy image to clipboard in Python3

I am just putting it altogether.

import glob
import os
from cStringIO import StringIO
import win32clipboard
from PIL import Image

def send_to_clipboard(clip_type, data):
    win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
    win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
    win32clipboard.SetClipboardData(clip_type, data)
    win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

list_of_files = glob.glob('/path/to/folder/*')
newest_file = max(list_of_files, key=os.path.getctime)
image = Image.open(newest_file)

output = StringIO()
image.convert("RGB").save(output, "BMP")
data = output.getvalue()[14:] # BMP file has a 14-byte header
output.close()

send_to_clipboard(win32clipboard.CF_DIB, data)