Pastebin

Command line interface for Pastebin.com.

Just another Pastebin.com CLI script, but you can even login with your user account.

Project Outlines

The project outlines as described in my blog post about Open Source Software Collaboration.

• The main purpose of this software is to provide a command-line interface to pastebin.com.
• The features should not go beyond pastebin.com's features and functions. So the features of this software are limited to those of pastebin.com.
• This list is open. Feel free to request features.

Installation

The preferred method of installation is via RubyGems.org:
https://rubygems.org/gems/thefox-pastebin

$ gem install thefox-pastebin

or via Gemfile:

gem 'thefox-pastebin', '~>1.2'

Use it in your sources:

require 'thefox-pastebin'

Usage

Unless you are using -f the default input is STDIN.

Help

$ pastebin -h

Skel example

$ pastebin --skel

The default settings file is under ~/.pastebinrc. You need to create it by yourself.

Create a settings file

$ pastebin --skel > ~/.pastebinrc

Print default settings

$ pastebin -D

Use a different settings file

$ pastebin -c ~/.pastebinrc_user2

Set a name for a paste

$ pastebin -n 'hello world'

Set an expiration date for a paste (10 minutes)

$ pastebin -e 10m

Set a format/language for a paste (PHP)

$ pastebin -l php

Paste a specific file

$ pastebin -f file.txt

Create an unlisted paste

$ pastebin -u

Create a private paste

$ pastebin -p

Get the raw contents of a paste

$ pastebin -r <ID>

Login

As a registered pastebin.com user you can login and let pastebin create pastes on behalf of you. You need to enter your username and password. The login credentials are not stored to any configuration file or anywhere else.

$ pastebin --login

After a successfull login you need to add the API_USER_KEY= line to your settings file (~/.pastebinrc). This user key is associated to your pastebin.com user.

You can also use your own Developer API Key. See pastebin.com API documentation for more details.

Examples

• pastebin -n hello_world -e 10m -f hello_world.txt
• pastebin -n 'PHP Script' -l php -f login.php
• pastebin -u -e 1m -l php -f test.php
• pastebin -n 'Collect Script' -p -e 10m -l awk -f collect.awk
• pastebin -r UJwPUmKp
• cat /tmp/hello_world.txt | pastebin

Project Links

• Gem
• Travis CI Repository

License

Copyright (C) 2015 Christian Mayer https://fox21.at

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.