Function readClipboardFilePathMacOS

cli/src/utils/clipboard-image.ts:406–447

* Read file URL/path from clipboard when a file has been copied (e.g., from Finder). * Returns the POSIX path if a file URL is found, null otherwise. * * When you copy a file in Finder (Cmd+C), the clipboard contains a file reference, * not plain text. pbpaste won't return the path, but we can

()

 * extract it.
 */
function readClipboardFilePathMacOS(): string | null {
  try {
    // First check if clipboard contains a file URL
    const infoResult = spawnSync('osascript', [
      '-e',
      'clipboard info',
    ], { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 1000 })
    
    if (infoResult.status !== 0) return null
    
    const info = infoResult.stdout || ''
    // Check for file URL type in clipboard (furl = file URL)
    if (!info.includes('«class furl»') && !info.includes('public.file-url')) {
      return null
    }
    
    // Extract the file path using AppleScript
    const script = `
      try
        set theFile to the clipboard as «class furl»
        return POSIX path of theFile
      on error
        return ""
      end try
    `
    
    const result = spawnSync('osascript', ['-e', script], {
      encoding: 'utf-8',
      timeout: 1000,
    })
    
    if (result.status === 0 && result.stdout) {
      const filePath = result.stdout.trim()
      if (filePath && existsSync(filePath)) {
        return filePath
      }
    }
    return null
  } catch {
    return null
  }
}

/**
 * Read file path from clipboard when a file has been copied (Windows).