Use pipe instead of temporary file for Linux grabclipboard()

radarhere · May 13, 2023 · cc2fb84 · cc2fb84
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commit cc2fb84
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 6 deletions.
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageGrab.py b/src/PIL/ImageGrab.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from . import Image
 
@@ -140,13 +141,12 @@ def grabclipboard():
         else:
             msg = "wl-paste or xclip is required for ImageGrab.grabclipboard() on Linux"
             raise NotImplementedError(msg)
-        fh, filepath = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        err = subprocess.run(args, stdout=fh, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).stderr
-        os.close(fh)
+        p = subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        err = p.stderr
         if err:
             msg = f"{args[0]} error: {err.strip().decode()}"
             raise ChildProcessError(msg)
-        im = Image.open(filepath)
-        im.load()
-        os.unlink(filepath)
+        with BytesIO(p.stdout) as fp:
+            im = Image.open(fp)
+            im.load()
         return im