transport_of_clipboard

A way to "copy" in one computer and "paste" on the other

Inspiration

This is actually a very dumb idea. I have 2 computers in my home and sometimes I want to transfer code from my laptop to my desktop pc, so i thought wouldn't it be nice if I could hit "copy" in my laptop and somehow hit "paste" in my pc and it would work that way. Now I am sure there must be a ton of different ways to do this that could be easier or more efficient, but I wanted also to learn and h=get used to socket programming, and I thought this would be at least useful to some extent.

Requirements

• Python 3.x installed on both devices
• PySimpleGUI module: can be installed with the command pip install pysimplegui in cmd (sidenote this is only tested in Windows for now)
• At least 2 computers (we are gonna call them COMPUTER1 and COMPUTER2)

Limitations

• You can send only text so no images or files.
• There is a limit to the length of the text you can send. By default you can only send 100 000 bytes (100 000 characters), although it can be changed.

How to Use

1. Download transport.py file in COMPUTER1 and COMPUTER2
2. Edit transport.py in each computer
   1. In COMPUTER1 put the IP of COMPUTER1 here SELF = "one-ip-here" and the IP of COMPUTER2 here OTHER = "the-other-ip-here" (I'm assuming you know how to find IPs, if you don't, google it)
   2. In COMPUTER2 put the IP of COMPUTER2 here SELF = "one-ip-here" and the IP of COMPUTER1 here OTHER = "the-other-ip-here"
3. Run the program simultaneously in both computers by opening a command prompt, navigating to the folder that you seved transport.py and passing python transport.py as a command
4. IT IS ESSENCIAL THAT THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS DECIDE THE RECEIVER AND CLICK "Receive" AND THEN FROM THE OTHER COMPUTER CLICK SEND.*- Now whatever you copied in COMPUTER1, let's say, is in the clipboard of COMPUTER2 so you can hit "paste" and verify for yourself. NOTE: Do not close the program if you haven't his paste.

Future Improvements

1. Geting rid of editing the IPs. This can be done by using this tutorial https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python-program-to-find-the-ip-address-of-the-client .
2. Better interface, "tkinter" module used opens some random windows that serve no purpose.
3. Maybe working with buffers in a way to store and keep the connection open.
4. Image and file transfer.