You will want to pass pyperclip.paste() the same place you would place a string for your entry or text widget inserts.

Take a look at this example code.

There is a button to copy what is in the entry field and one to paste to entry field.

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
import pyperclip

root = tk.Tk()

some_entry = tk.Entry(root)
some_entry.pack()

def update_btn():
    global some_entry
    pyperclip.copy(some_entry.get())

def update_btn_2():
    global some_entry
    # for the insert method the 2nd argument is always the string to be
    # inserted to the Entry field.
    some_entry.insert(tk.END, pyperclip.paste())

btn = ttk.Button(root, text="Copy to clipboard", command = update_btn)
btn.pack()

btn2 = ttk.Button(root, text="Paste current clipboard", command = update_btn_2)
btn2.pack()


root.mainloop()

Alternatively you could just do Ctrl+V :D

Answer from Mike - SMT on Stack Overflow
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*Windows* I'm working on a Python script that transcribes audio and needs to paste the result. Currently, I'm using pyperclip to copy the text to the clipboard, then pyautogui to simulate Ctrl+V for pasting. However, this method isn't reliable - sometimes it only sends 'V' instead of pasting.

Here's my current paste function:

pythonCopydef safe_paste():
    try:
        pyautogui.keyDown('ctrl')
        pyautogui.press('v')
        pyautogui.keyUp('ctrl')
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error while pasting: {e}")

Can anyone suggest a more reliable method for pasting programmatically in Python, preferably one that works across different applications? Thanks!