paste

Sysnomid Paste Server

Source code for https://paste.sysnomid.com, under Apache 2.0 License

The Stack

Backend

• Golang w/ Echo and Pgxpool

Frontend

• Typescript w/ NextJS, TailwindCSS, PrismJS, SWR and React-Hook-Form

Setup

1. Get PostgreSQL setup

2. Rename .env.example to .env, and change DATABASE_URL to your Postgres connection DSN, and SERVER_URL, to what URL you plan to access the API from, for example api.paste.sysnomid.com.

3. Get Golang and NodeJS setup, and then run make p-install or go get ./... && cd web && npm i.

4. For a Production Environment run make p-start or go build -o main && ./main & cd web && npm run build && npm run start && fg

5. For a Development Environment run make p-dev or air & cd web && npm run dev && fg

Docker

Run make docker or docker build -t sysnomid_paste_server . && docker run -dp 4300:4300 sysnomid_paste_server to get a container with the paste API.

API

API Base Url = https://api.paste.sysnomid.com

POST https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p-create

Used to Create a Paste.

Example curl:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p-create \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
        "title": "Untitled",
        "text": "Untitled",
        "language": "none",
        "expires_at": null
}'

All fields listed here are required except for expires_at.

If the request went through without error, you will receive a unique id that you can then access your paste from.

List of supported languages are available at https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/langs

To specify an expiry date, use the TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE format, (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/datatype-datetime.html) Example - 2030-04-23 01:10

GET https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p/

Used to access pastes.

GET https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p/PASTE_ID for a JSON response body, or GET https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p/PASTE_ID/raw for a version in plaintext.

For example, https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p/1385764483141472256 and https://api.paste.sysnomid.com/p/1385764483141472256/raw