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I had some difficulties to copy forum code from the ipad. This makes it simpler

'''Snippet to copy forum code easily
1/ copy the message adress in safari by pressing the underlined text '2 days ago' in the message title:
     xxxxx posted 2 days ago reply quote  0
2/ run this script
3/ if there was some formated code in the message, you get it in the cipboard
'''
import requests, re, clipboard, console, os, bs4
# this for the tests
#clipboard.set('https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/3594/displaying-valid-color-names-in-two-tables/1')
try:
  src = clipboard.get()
  # post number to get the good one
  _,name = os.path.split(src)
  name = str(int(name)-1)
  # get html and interpret it
  r = requests.get(src)
  soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(r.text)
  #get each post
  ls = soup.find_all('li',component="post")
  for li in ls:
    #find the good post
    a = li.find('a',component="post/anchor")
    if a['name']==name:
      # and strip its code
      code = li.find('code').getText()
  # communicate result
  if code:
    code = '# '+src + '\n\n' + code
    clipboard.set(code)
    console.hud_alert('Code in clipboard!','success',1)
  else:
    console.hud_alert('no code found!','error',1)
except:
  console.hud_alert('clipboard does not contain a valid url!','error',1)

You may also look at this discussion
https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/3482/share-running-code-from-clipboard

I would recommend removing the blanket except block at the end. The error message provided is usually less helpful than an actual traceback.