Getting and setting text from the clipboard using Python

Just name this module clipboard.py and use GetClipboardText/SetClipboardText. Very handy, and doesn't really need the win32 extentions, although it's used here.

from ctypes import *
from win32con import CF_TEXT, GHND

OpenClipboard = windll.user32.OpenClipboard
EmptyClipboard = windll.user32.EmptyClipboard
GetClipboardData = windll.user32.GetClipboardData
SetClipboardData = windll.user32.SetClipboardData
CloseClipboard = windll.user32.CloseClipboard
GlobalLock = windll.kernel32.GlobalLock
GlobalAlloc = windll.kernel32.GlobalAlloc
GlobalUnlock = windll.kernel32.GlobalUnlock
memcpy = cdll.msvcrt.memcpy

def GetClipboardText():
   text = ""
   if OpenClipboard(c_int(0)):
       hClipMem = GetClipboardData(c_int(CF_TEXT))
       GlobalLock.restype = c_char_p
       text = GlobalLock(c_int(hClipMem))
       GlobalUnlock(c_int(hClipMem))
       CloseClipboard()
   return text

def SetClipboardText(text):
   buffer = c_buffer(text)
   bufferSize = sizeof(buffer)
   hGlobalMem = GlobalAlloc(c_int(GHND), c_int(bufferSize))
   GlobalLock.restype = c_void_p
   lpGlobalMem = GlobalLock(c_int(hGlobalMem))
   memcpy(lpGlobalMem, addressof(buffer), c_int(bufferSize))
   GlobalUnlock(c_int(hGlobalMem))
   if OpenClipboard(0):
       EmptyClipboard()
       SetClipboardData(c_int(CF_TEXT), c_int(hGlobalMem))
       CloseClipboard()