Paste as keystrokes (macOS)

keystroke the clipboard extended.workflow

# Why?
# To paste text into windows that normally don't allow it or have access to the clipboard.
# Examples: Virtual machines that do not yet have tools installed, websites that hijack paste
#
# Extended vs Simple?
# * Includes an initial delay to allow you to change active windows
# * Adds small delay between keypresses for slower responding windows like SSH sessions
# * Better handling of numbers
# * VMWare bug fix
#
# Setup
# Apple Shortcuts app
#
# MAKE SURE YOUR CAPSLOCK IS OFF

on run {input, parameters}
	
	tell application "System Events"
		delay 1 # DELAY BEFORE BEGINNING KEYPRESSES IN SECONDS
		repeat with char in (the clipboard)
			set cID to id of char
			
			#display dialog char & ":" & cID giving up after 2
			
			if ((cID ≥ 48) and (cID ≤ 57)) then
				# Converts numbers to ANSI_# characters rather than ANSI_Keypad# characters
				# https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/227940
				key code {item (cID - 47) of {29, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 22, 26, 28, 25}}
			else if (cID = 46) then
				# Fix VMware Fusion period bug
				# https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/331574
				key code 47
			else if (cID = 96) then
				# Fix grave (`)
				key code 50
			else if (cID = 126) then
				# Fix tilde (~)
				key code 50 using {shift down}
			else if (cID = 124) then
				# Fix pipe (|)
				key code 42 using {shift down}
			else
				keystroke char
			end if
			
			delay 0.2 # DELAY BETWEEEN EACH KEYPRESS IN SECONDS
		end repeat
	end tell
end run