Overview¶
The bpaste tool has two main commands upload and list, their purpose and use is described in the below sections.:
usage: bpaste [-h] [-v] {upload,list} ...
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version displays the version of this program
subcommands:
{upload,list}
upload upload the provided file's content to http://www.bpaste.net
list displays the list of supported languages
Submitting code snippet¶
The main command of the bpaste tool is upload and it allows you to submit a code file to the bpaste.net website, defining if necessary the language for syntax highlighting and the expiry duration for the snippet.
Once the upload has been completed successfully the URL to the new code snippet is directly copied into the user’s clipboard and is really for use.:
usage: bpaste upload [-h] [-l LANG] [-e EXPIRE] file
positional arguments:
file full path to the file to be bpasted
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l LANG, --lang LANG language of the code to be bpasted (default: python3)
-e EXPIRE, --expire EXPIRE
expiry period for the code snippet (default: 1 day)
As detailed in the tool’s help, the upload command takes one mandatory parameter and two optional one, as described below:
- file: is the file of code (or not) that you want to upload as code snippet to the bpaste.net website. This parameter is mandatory as it is the content for the code snippet, it would not make any sense to not submit any code.
- -l, –lang: by default the chosen language for the snippet is defined to python3, however you can upload any support language, in which case you can use this parameter to chose another language. Check the list command details below to find the list of supported languages.
- -e, –expire: by default the code snippet lifetime (the amount of time after which it will be removed from the website) is set to one day. You can change it using the -e parameter and an adequate duration option as listed below: * 1day * 1week * 1month * never
Note. Please note that bpaste.net does not provide any way to remove the code snippet you have submitted, and only an email to the owner can possibly end up removing the submitted code snippet.
Examples:
Upload the mycode.py file with the default expiry duration (one day) and the default language (Python 3)::
bpaste upload mycode.py
Upload the mycode.py file with default language (Python 3) and an expiry duration of one week::
bpaste upload mycode.py -e 1week
bpaste upload mycode.py --expire 1week
Upload the mycode.java file with the default expiry duration (one day) and the language syntax highligting set to the Java language::
bpaste upload mycode.java -l java
bpaste upload mycode.java --lang java
Upload the mycode.pl file so that it never expires (the code snippet will not be removed from the website!) and choose the Perl highlighting syntax::
bpaste upload mycode.pl -e never -l perl
bpaste upload mycode.pl --expire never -l perl
bpaste upload mycode.pl -e never --lang perl
bpaste upload mycode.pl --expire never --lang perl
Listing supported languages¶
The list command print out the list of all languages supported for syntax highlight on the bpaste.net website. The list command does not have any useful options as of now::
usage: bpaste list [-h]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
For your reference the list of supported languages at this point of time is displayed below:
abap | antlr | antlr-as | antlr-csharp | antlr-cpp |
antlr-java | antlr-objc | antlr-perl | antlr-python | antlr-ruby |
apl | as | as3 | ada | agda |
alloy | at | apacheconf | applescript | aspectj |
asy | autoit | awk | bbcode | bugs |
basemake | bash | console | bat | befunge |
blitzbasic | blitzmax | boo | brainfuck | bro |
c | csharp | cpp | cbmbas | cfengine3 |
cmake | cobol | cobolfree | css | css+django |
css+genshitext | css+lasso | css+mako | css+myghty | css+php |
css+erb | css+smarty | css+mozpreproc | cuda | ceylon |
chai | chapel | cheetah | cirru | clay |
clojure | clojurescript | coffee-script | cfc | cfm |
common-lisp | coq | croc | cryptol | cypher |
cython | d | dtd | dpatch | dart |
control | sourceslist | delphi | diff | django |
docker | duel | dylan | dylan-console | dylan-lid |
ebnf | ecl | erb | eiffel | elixir |
iex | ragel-em | erlang | erl | evoque |
fsharp | factor | fancy | fan | felix |
fortran | foxpro | gap | gas | glsl |
genshi | genshitext | pot | cucumber | gnuplot |
go | golo | gooddata-cl | gosu | gst |
groff | groovy | html | html+cheetah | html+django |
html+evoque | html+genshi | html+handlebars | html+lasso | html+mako |
html+myghty | html+php | html+smarty | html+twig | html+velocity |
http | haml | handlebars | haskell | hx |
haxeml | hylang | hybris | idl | ini |
irc | idris | igor | inform6 | i6t |
inform7 | io | ioke | isabelle | jags |
json | jsonld | jade | jasmin | java |
jsp | js | js+cheetah | js+django | js+genshitext |
js+lasso | js+mako | js+myghty | js+php | js+erb |
js+smarty | javascript+mozpreproc | julia | jlcon | kal |
kconfig | koka | kotlin | llvm | lsl |
lasso | lean | lighty | limbo | lagda |
lcry | lhs | lidr | live-script | logos |
logtalk | lua | maql | moocode | mql |
mxml | make | mako | mask | mason |
mathematica | matlab | matlabsession | minid | modelica |
modula2 | trac-wiki | monkey | moon | mscgen |
mupad | mysql | myghty | nasm | nsis |
nemerle | newlisp | newspeak | nginx | nimrod |
nit | nixos | numpy | ocaml | objective-c |
objective-c++ | objective-j | octave | ooc | opa |
openedge | php | plpgsql | pov | pan |
pawn | perl | perl6 | pig | pike |
postscript | postgresql | psql | powershell | prolog |
properties | protobuf | puppet | pypylog | python |
python3 | py3tb | pytb | pycon | qbasic |
qml | rconsole | rebol | rhtml | spec |
rql | rsl | racket | ragel | ragel-c |
ragel-cpp | ragel-d | ragel-java | ragel-objc | ragel-ruby |
raw | rd | red | redcode | resource |
rexx | robotframework | rb | rbcon | rust |
splus | scss | sparql | sql | swig |
sass | scala | ssp | scaml | scheme |
scilab | shell-session | slim | smali | smalltalk |
smarty | snobol | sp | squidconf | stan |
sml | swift | tads3 | tcl | tcsh |
tex | tea | text | todotxt | treetop |
twig | ts | urbiscript | vb.net | vctreestatus |
vgl | vala | velocity | vim | xml |
xml+cheetah | xml+django | xml+evoque | xml+lasso | xml+mako |
xml+myghty | xml+php | xml+erb | xml+smarty | xml+velocity |
xquery | xslt | xul+mozpreproc | xtend | yaml |
yaml+jinja | zephir | aspx-cs | aspx-vb | ahk |
c-objdump | ca65 | cfs | cpp-objdump | d-objdump |
dg | ec | liquid | mozhashpreproc | mozpercentpreproc |
nesc | objdump | objdump-nasm | rst | registry |
sqlite3 | systemverilog | verilog | vhdl | text |