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+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { EventEmitter } from "events";
+
+class Permission extends EventEmitter {
+	status;
+
+	constructor(name) {
+		super();
+		navigator.permissions.query({ name }).then(
+			status => {
+				this.status = status;
+				this.emit("change", this.status.state);
+
+				if (status.addEventListener) {
+					status.addEventListener("change", () => {
+						this.emit("change", this.status.state);
+					});
+				}
+			},
+			// Pretend the clipboard will work if this query fails.
+			() => {
+				this.status = { state: "prompt" };
+				this.emit("change", "prompt");
+			}
+		);
+	}
+
+	get state() {
+		return this.status.state || "prompt";
+	}
+}
+
+let readPermission = new Permission("clipboard-read");
+let writePermission = new Permission("clipboard-write");
+
+// Wrapper for navigator.clipboard suitable for use in React
+export function useClipboard() {
+	let [readPermissionState, setReadPermissionState] = useState(readPermission.state);
+	let [writePermissionState, setWritePermissionState] = useState(writePermission.state);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		readPermission.on("change", setReadPermissionState);
+		writePermission.on("change", setWritePermissionState);
+		return () => {
+			readPermission.off("change", setReadPermissionState);
+			writePermission.off("change", setWritePermissionState);
+		};
+	}, []);
+
+	return {
+		readPermissionState: readPermissionState,
+		read: async () => await navigator.clipboard.read(),
+		readText: async () => await navigator.clipboard.readText(),
+		writePermissionState: writePermissionState,
+		write: async (data) => await navigator.clipboard.write(data),
+		writeText: async (text) => await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text),
+
+		// Give a possible reason for why the clipboard is not available
+		deniedReason: () => {
+			if (window.isSecureContext === false) {
+				if (window.location.protocol !== "https:") {
+					return "Clipboard interaction is blocked due this page not being served over https.";
+				}
+				return "Clipboard interaction is blocked due this page not being a secure context.";
+			}
+			return "Clipboard interaction is blocked by the browser.";
+		},
+	};
+}