bakeit

BakeIt

BakeIt is a command line utility (and Python library) to Pastery <https://www.pastery.net>__, the best pastebin in the world. BakeIt aims to be simple to use and unobtrusive.

Installation

To install from PyPI, use pip:

::

pip install bakeit

For development, clone the repository and use uv:

::

git clone https://github.com/skorokithakis/bakeit.git
cd bakeit
uv sync
uv run bakeit

You are done!

Usage

Using BakeIt is similarly easy. First, create a file with your Pastery API key in ~/.config/bakeit.cfg, like so:

::

[pastery]
api_key = eisha8ahqui7Aesh0fasyu8HFsdo

Then, just pass the file you want to upload to the bakeit command:

::

$ bakeit myfile.txt
Paste URL: https://www.pastery.net/oniasd/

You can also pipe stuff to it:

::

$ cat myfile.txt | grep hello | bakeit
Paste URL: https://www.pastery.net/oxczvs/

The config file

A full config file can look like this:

::

[pastery]
api_key = eisha8ahqui7Aesh0fasyu8HFsdo
duration = 2880

The api_key parameter, as explained above, is mandatory. You can find it at the bottom of your Pastery account page <https://www.pastery.net/account/>__.

The duration parameter is optional. If set, it will be used as the default duration for every new paste. The command-line argument takes precedence over this parameter, though, so you can change it per-paste when invoking bakeit.

Usage as a Python library

BakeIt provides the PasteryUploader class:

::

>>> from bakeit import PasteryUploader
>>> pu = PasteryUploader("your API key")
>>> pu.upload("this is the text to upload")
"https://www.pastery.net/pabtus/"

PasteryUploader accepts the following arguments:

• body - The body of the paste.
• title (optional) - The title to give the paste.
• language (optional) - The language the paste is in. Pastery will attempt to autodetect this if omitted.
• duration (optional) - The number of minutes to keep this paste for.
• max_views (optional) - The number of views to keep this paste for.

Happy pasting!