From 70f55876e24f022d3a17bd4cc9c77303ed0c395e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivo Maceira <ivomaceira@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:26:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [cliphist] Add cliphist extension

---
 cliphist/__init__.py | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cliphist/__init__.py

diff --git a/cliphist/__init__.py b/cliphist/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72844ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliphist/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import albert as al
+import subprocess as sp
+import time
+
+md_iid = "3.0"
+md_version = "1.0"
+md_name = "ClipHist"
+md_description = "Access cliphist clipboard"
+md_license = "MIT"
+md_url = "https://github.com/albertlauncher/python/tree/main/cliphist"
+md_authors = ["@ivomac"]
+md_bin_dependencies = ["cliphist"]
+
+
+def delete(entry: str):
+    """Delete an entry from the cliphist history."""
+
+    sp.run(
+        ["cliphist", "delete"],
+        input=entry,
+        stdout=sp.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    ).stdout
+
+    return
+
+
+def copy(entry: str):
+    """Copy an entry from the cliphist history to the clipboard."""
+
+    clip_entry = sp.run(
+        ["cliphist", "decode"],
+        input=entry,
+        stdout=sp.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    ).stdout
+
+    al.setClipboardText(clip_entry)
+
+    return
+
+
+class Plugin(al.PluginInstance, al.TriggerQueryHandler):
+    iconUrls = ["xdg:clipboard"]
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        al.PluginInstance.__init__(self)
+        al.TriggerQueryHandler.__init__(self)
+
+    def defaultTrigger(self):
+        return "cl "
+
+    def handleTriggerQuery(self, query):
+        for _ in range(5):
+            time.sleep(0.02)
+            if not query.isValid:
+                return
+
+        plug_id = self.id()
+
+        matcher = al.Matcher(query.string)
+
+        # Get the list of cliphist entries
+        clip_history = (
+            sp.run(
+                ["cliphist", "list"],
+                stdout=sp.PIPE,
+                text=True,
+            )
+            .stdout.strip()
+            .splitlines()
+        )
+
+        # cliphist items are in the format:
+        # <id>\t<approximate text>
+        splits = [(item, *item.split("\t", 1)) for item in clip_history]
+
+        query.add(
+            [
+                al.StandardItem(
+                    id=plug_id,
+                    iconUrls=self.iconUrls,
+                    text=text,
+                    subtext=idx,
+                    actions=[
+                        al.Action("copy", "Copy", lambda u=item: copy(u)),
+                        al.Action("delete", "Delete", lambda u=item: delete(u)),
+                    ],
+                )
+                for item, idx, text in splits
+                if matcher.match(item)
+            ]
+        )
+
+        return