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===
API
===
dpaste provides a simple API endpoint to create new snippets. All you need to
do is a simple ``POST`` request to the API endpoint ``/api/``::
POST http://dpaste.de/api/
Available POST data for an API call:
----------------------------------------
``content`` (required)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Required. The UTF-8 encoded string you want to paste.
``lexer`` (optional)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Optional. The lexer string key used for highlighting. See `lexer list`_ for
a full list of choices. Default: ``python``.
``format`` (optional)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Optional. The format of the API response. Choices are:
* ``default`` — Returns a full qualified URL wrapped in quotes. Example::
"https://dpaste.de/xsWd"
* ``url`` — Returns the full qualified URL to the snippet, without breaks,
but with a line break. Example::
https://dpaste.de/xsWd\n
* ``json`` — Returns a JSON object containing the URL, lexer and content of the
the snippet. Example::
{
"url": "https://dpaste.de/xsWd",
"lexer": "python",
"conent": "The text body of the snippet."
}
.. hint:: You need to adjust the setting ``DPASTE_BASE_URL`` which is used
to generate the full qualified URL in the API response. See :doc:`settings`.
.. note:: When creating new snippets via the API, they won't be listed on the
history page since they are related to a browser session.
.. _lexer list: https://github.com/bartTC/dpaste/blob/master/dpaste/highlight.py#L25