pste 0.3.0

Command-line client for pste, a self-hosted paste server inspired by sprunge

pste

Command-line client for pste-server, a self-hosted paste server inspired by sprunge.

Installation

pip install pste
# or
pipx install pste

Configuration

Set PSTE_URL to the bookmark URL printed by pste-admin key add on the server — the same URL you'd save in a browser to use the web form:

export PSTE_URL="https://pste.example.com/?key=your-api-key"

Usage

# Create a paste from stdin
echo "hello world" | pste
pste < file.txt
cat file.txt | pste

# Create with options
echo "hello" | pste -s              # single-view (deleted after first read)
echo "hello" | pste -e 7d           # expires in 7 days
echo "hello" | pste -e 2W           # expires in 2 weeks
pste -l python < script.py          # explicit syntax highlighting language
pste -l < script.py                 # auto-detect language (Pygments, >0.5 confidence)

# Fetch a paste (by ID or full URL)
pste AB1234
pste https://pste.example.com/AB1234
pste https://pste.example.com/AB1234?python   # ?lang is stripped; always fetches plain text

Language flag behaviour

Invocation	What is sent	URL returned
pste (no -l)	nothing	plain URL
pste -l python	lang=python	https://host/AB1234?python
pste -l (no value)	auto_detect=1	https://host/AB1234?python if detected, else plain URL

When a ?<lang> URL is returned, opening it in a browser shows Pygments-highlighted HTML with table line numbers (Ctrl-A selects only the code) and a Copy button. Fetching via pste always strips the ?lang and returns plain text.

Expiry format

-e/--expire accepts an integer followed by a unit:

• H — hours
• D — days
• W — weeks
• M — minutes

Examples: 24H, 7D, 2W, 30M