[GH-ISSUE #51] Document: How to paste from stdin #41

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opened 2026-02-27 10:15:26 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @pinpox on GitHub (Apr 8, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/matze/wastebin/issues/51

Hey 👋

I mostly use pastebins when debugging sysemtems to quickly paste logs somewhere to share with coworkers. I used to have a different pastebin which allowed to do something like this:

cat error.log | pastebin-script

Which would paste that text from stdin and print a url with the created past. Is it possible to create such a command for wastebin with curl?

I saw the example for clipboards at https://github.com/matze/wastebin?tab=readme-ov-file#paste-from-clipboard but that is exactly what I need and I have not yet figured out how to make it work.

Maybe you already know how to create an alias or script for this and could document it.

Originally created by @pinpox on GitHub (Apr 8, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/matze/wastebin/issues/51 Hey :wave: I mostly use pastebins when debugging sysemtems to quickly paste logs somewhere to share with coworkers. I used to have a different pastebin which allowed to do something like this: ``` cat error.log | pastebin-script ``` Which would paste that text from stdin and print a url with the created past. Is it possible to create such a command for wastebin with curl? I saw the example for clipboards at https://github.com/matze/wastebin?tab=readme-ov-file#paste-from-clipboard but that is exactly what I need and I have not yet figured out how to make it work. Maybe you already know how to create an alias or script for this and could document it.

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@pinpox commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2024):

Answering my own question:
This bash function allows pasting by doing cat file.txt | paste:

paste() {
	jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl  -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
		--data-binary @- https://wastebin.tld | jq -r '. | "wastebin.tld\(.path)"'
	}

@pinpox commented on GitHub (Apr 8, 2024): Answering my own question: This bash function allows pasting by doing `cat file.txt | paste`: ```bash paste() { jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-binary @- https://wastebin.tld | jq -r '. | "wastebin.tld\(.path)"' } ```

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@mokurin000 commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2025):

Answering my own question: This bash function allows pasting by doing cat file.txt | paste:

paste() {
jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
--data-binary @- https://wastebin.tld | jq -r '. | "wastebin.tld(.path)"'
}

This would result a strange HTML response contains wrong size on 3.0.0
my command was:

echo hello world  |  jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary @- http://127.0.0.1:8088/api

@mokurin000 commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2025): > Answering my own question: This bash function allows pasting by doing `cat file.txt | paste`: > > paste() { > jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ > --data-binary @- https://wastebin.tld | jq -r '. | "wastebin.tld\(.path)"' > } This would result a strange HTML response contains `wrong size` on 3.0.0 my command was: ```bash echo hello world | jq -Rns '{text: inputs}' | curl -s -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary @- http://127.0.0.1:8088/api ```