Python3 - Set Mac clipboard with HTML content

python-mac-set-html-clipboard.py

import subprocess

html = '<p><strong>Hello</strong> <em>Bob</em> <code>How</code> are you!</p>'

p_hex = subprocess.Popen(
    ('hexdump', '-ve', '1/1 "%.2x"'),
    stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
    stdout=subprocess.PIPE
)
p_hex_output = p_hex.communicate(html.encode('utf-8'))[0]

# backward compatiability, use subprocess.run and fallback to
# subprocess.call
p_osascript = getattr(subprocess, 'run', getattr(subprocess, 'call'))(
    ('osascript',
        '-e',
        'set the clipboard to «data HTML{0}»'.format(
            p_hex_output.decode('ascii')
        )
    )
)