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// This will open up a prompt for text to send to a console session on digital ocean
// Useful for long passwords
(function () {
var t = prompt("Enter text to be sent to console, (This wont send the enter keystroke)").split("");
function f() {
var character = t.shift();
var i=[];
var code = character.charCodeAt();
var needs_shift = "!@#$%^&*()_+{}:\"<>?~|".indexOf(character) !== -1
var shift = XK_Shift_L; // To help with minification
function key(keycode, down) {
i=i.concat(RFB.messages.keyEvent(keycode, down));
}
if (needs_shift) {
key(shift,1);
}
key(code,1);
key(code,0);
if (needs_shift) {
key(shift,0);
}
rfb._sock.send(i);
if (t.length > 0) {
setTimeout(f, 10);
}
}
f();
})();
// Minified version:
!function(){function t(){function n(t,e){s=s.concat(RFB.messages.keyEvent(t,e))}var o=e.shift(),s=[],i=o.charCodeAt(),c=-1!=='!@#$%^&*()_+{}:"<>?~|'.indexOf(o),r=XK_Shift_L;c&&n(r,1),n(i,1),n(i,0),c&&n(r,0),rfb._sock.send(s),e.length>0&&setTimeout(t,10)}var e=prompt("Enter text to be sent to console, (This wont send the enter keystroke)").split("");t()}();
// This is an alternate version that will open a box on ctrl+shift+v or command+shift+v
// this version might work better on browsers that block prompt from console
(function(){
var shift_down = false;
var ctrl_down = false;
var super_down = false;
var v_down = false;
$(document).keydown(function(e) {
if (e.which == 17) { ctrl_down = true; }
else if (e.which == 16) { shift_down = true; }
else if (e.which == 91) { super_down = true; }
else if (e.which == 86) { v_down = true; }
if (v_down && shift_down && (super_down || ctrl_down) ) {
ctrl_down = false;
shift_down = false;
super_down = false;
var t = prompt("Enter text to be sent to console, (This wont send the enter keystroke)").split("");
function f() {
var character = t.shift();
var i=[];
var code = character.charCodeAt();
var needs_shift = "!@#$%^&*()_+{}:\"<>?~|".indexOf(character) !== -1
var shift = XK_Shift_L; // To help with minification
function key(keycode, down) {
i=i.concat(RFB.messages.keyEvent(keycode, down));
}
if (needs_shift) {
key(shift,1);
}
key(code,1);
key(code,0);
if (needs_shift) {
key(shift,0);
}
rfb._sock.send(i);
if (t.length > 0) {
setTimeout(f, 10);
}
}
setTimeout(f, 10);
}
});
$(document).keyup(function(e) {
if (e.which == 17) { ctrl_down = false; }
else if (e.which == 16) { shift_down = false; }
else if (e.which == 91) { super_down = false; }
else if (e.which == 86) { v_down = false; }
});
})();
// Minified version:
(function(){var d=!1,b=!1,c=!1,f=!1;$(document).keydown(function(a){17==a.which?b=!0:16==a.which?d=!0:91==a.which?c=!0:86==a.which&&(f=!0);if(f&&d&&(c||b)){c=d=b=!1;var g=prompt("Enter text to be sent to console, (This wont send the enter keystroke)").split(""),h=function(){function a(b,c){d=d.concat(RFB.messages.keyEvent(b,c))}var e=g.shift(),d=[],b=e.charCodeAt(),e=-1!=='!@#$%^&*()_+{}:"<>?~|'.indexOf(e),c=XK_Shift_L;e&&a(c,1);a(b,1);a(b,0);e&&a(c,0);rfb._sock.send(d);0<g.length&&setTimeout(h,10)};
setTimeout(h,10)}});$(document).keyup(function(a){17==a.which?b=!1:16==a.which?d=!1:91==a.which?c=!1:86==a.which&&(f=!1)})})();
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croepha commented Dec 4, 2015

Strange, Thanks, I'll check it out

@kevin1
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kevin1 commented Dec 5, 2015

I think this is because that character requires the "shift" key -- for example, ! becomes 1

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croepha commented Dec 7, 2015

kevin1, your right.

I updated the code to handle those characters

@warthurton
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Works great! Thank you!

@adl1995
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adl1995 commented Mar 11, 2017

Worked like a charm. Is there any way to make this work with a text editor like vi?

@oldo
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oldo commented Apr 26, 2017

Wow, that's very nice!

@adl1995 it does work - just be sure to be in insert mode.

@watzon
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watzon commented May 27, 2017

I'm sure this isn't perfect, but I encountered an error while trying to use this to paste into vim. What happened is that vim would reverse the capitalization of each letter, so "hEllO" would become HeLLo". My update fixes that problem.

(function () {        
        var t = prompt("Enter text to be sent to console, (This wont send the enter keystroke)").split("");
        var o = [];
        
        for (let letter of t) {
          if (letter.match(/[a-z]/)) {
            letter = letter.toUpperCase();
          } else if (letter.match(/[A-Z]/)) {
            letter = letter.toLowerCase();
          }
          o.push(letter);
          console.log(letter);
        }
        
        function f() {
                
                var character = o.shift();
                var i=[];
                var code = character.charCodeAt();
                var needs_shift = "!@#$%^&*()_+{}:\"<>?~|".indexOf(character) !== -1
                var shift = XK_Shift_L; // To help with minification
                function key(keycode, down) {
                        i=i.concat(RFB.messages.keyEvent(keycode, down));
                }
                
                if (needs_shift) {
                        key(shift,1);
                }
                key(code,1);
                key(code,0);
                if (needs_shift) {
                        key(shift,0);
                }
                rfb._sock.send(i);
                
                if (o.length > 0) {
                        setTimeout(f, 10);
                }
        }
        f();
})();

@mayureshhedaoo
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Its working.....Thanks for this help!!!!

@mreis1
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mreis1 commented Jul 8, 2017

is anyone having issues this warning in chrome while running the script?

A window.prompt() dialog generated by this page was suppressed because this page is not the active tab of the front window. Please make sure your dialogs are triggered by user interactions to avoid this situation https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5637107137642496

@croepha
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croepha commented Jul 9, 2017

@mreis1: I added another version that might work better for chrome's blocking of window.prompt

@giovannibenussi
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@mreis1: I had the same error and the solution is to open the console in a chrome tab instead of the pop up (you can copy the url and paste it in a new tab)

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byjg commented Oct 12, 2017

Great script!! It save my life!! I made some changes on the script to work on another host provide. The new version is here:
https://gist.github.com/byjg/a6378edb420a1c654c5f27bb494ca1c8

@andrehrferreira
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@ARHollisSr
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So Awesome. Thanks for this!

@Treeless
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Treeless commented Nov 3, 2017

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH <3 I started typing out my ssh key...

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ghost commented Nov 27, 2017

Wow. <3 I love you so much right now.

@north27
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north27 commented Dec 4, 2017

On the latest version of Chrome (at the time of writing) I get the following error:
Package is invalid. Details: 'Could not load background page 'background.html'.'.

@wfilho
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wfilho commented Jan 12, 2018

Thanks for sharing !

I cannot add chrome extension. It says that cannot add background.html.

@vgrch
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vgrch commented Feb 1, 2018

Respect! thanks for sharing.

@loeffel-io
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haha nice! 👍

@jjaaccoobb
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thank you so much

@vaxoiva
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vaxoiva commented Jul 20, 2018

hi

how about |

@SmartWeb25
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it changes ssh key letters to strange format.
for example = changed to +, date number to _@!*)&@$

@RIAEvangelist
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Doesnt work anymore

@ssivak0909
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kevin1, your right.

I updated the code to handle those characters

where i have to update this code

@shadyshrif
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It isn't working!

@kainjinez
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Not working anymore.

@elmehalawi
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Thank you for this, it works perfectly. I also ran into the same issue where the console kind of trips over itself and everything is capitalized. When I set the timeout to 100 instead of 10 (on line 27), I don't run into this issue, at least as frequently. It's a bit annoying to wait for the text to enter slowly, but I won't need to do it often so idc.

@scsskid
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scsskid commented Apr 21, 2021

thanks all! definitely works for me, I also had to increase the timeout, as elmehalawi mentioned, I used Chrome

@jaydenireland
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If characters are sent in the wrong order, watzon's script and increasing the timeout. This worked for me.

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