copy figure to windows clipboard

copy_to_clipboard.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from cStringIO import StringIO
import win32clipboard
from PIL import Image


def send_to_clipboard(clip_type, data):
    win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
    win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
    win32clipboard.SetClipboardData(clip_type, data)
    win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

def save_figure(f, file, w, h):
    if not f:
        f = plt.gcf()
    dpi = f.get_dpi()
    f.set_figwidth(w / dpi)
    f.set_figheight(h /dpi)
    f.savefig(file)

def copy_figure(w=600, h=400, fig=None):
    file = StringIO()
    save_figure(fig, file, w, h)
    file.seek(0)
    image = Image.open(file)
    output = StringIO()
    image.convert("RGB").save(output, "BMP")
    data = output.getvalue()[14:]
    output.close()
    send_to_clipboard(win32clipboard.CF_DIB, data)