Windows 11 pasting from clipboard in Python - unicode text and files

clipboard.py

import pathlib
from typing import List

import win32clipboard


def paste() -> str | List[pathlib.Path]:
    try:
        win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
        try:
            return win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_UNICODETEXT)
        except TypeError:
            raw_paths = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_HDROP)
            return [pathlib.Path(raw) for raw in raw_paths]
    finally:
        win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()