Paste an image from clipboard using JavaScript

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Because this question still often shows up in Google's search results, I want to point out this is possible today, at least in Google Chrome (2011) in all modern browsers (2018). They implemented it to use in GMail, but it is available for all websites.

How does the paste image from clipboard functionality work in Gmail and Google Chrome 12+?