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>'

def setClipboardData(html):
    # print(html)
    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')
         )
         )
    )