Update, 24th Sept 2007
Hi there, I'm about to embark on an update - I've recieved requests for a few features which I'm hoping to impliment and I've also spotted a few things that need fixing.
I've also noticed there's a few automated pasting tools popping up, that's cool, I should have mentioned that I wrote my own a while back based on somebody else's in python, will release that as soon as I remember the source so I can credit the main body of it :p
When I was writing that I implimented a little command line interface, it's essentially the same except it doesn't have all the extra markup so the whole thing works faster. Anybody that wants to use it may do so by pasting to http://paste2.org/command-line - it will take the following post data:
- 'user' - Basically the optional username
- 'filename' - this is optional and not even used at present but I plan to use it in the future to guess the file type and highlight accordingly
- 'code' - Obviously the code you wish to paste
It still redirects the client and you should use that URL for now but in future I'm going to just have it output either the URL to the created paste or it's number. Hope that helps some people. I don't mind either way, you can use either, at least until the update (in fact you may wish to hold off entrely until I've done the update in case I add some extra features to it). On that note if anybody is thinking about writing one and wants a feature adding email me at the address below.
The ones I've found are http://ishouldbecoding.com/code/ (look for 'Send to paste2.org' at the bottom of that page), and also http://pastebin.ca/552868 - I wasn't sure what language that was myself but I've been informed by reZo that it's mIRC Script - go figure. Still no idea who wrote it - it's also a strange place to put it too, but it looks like it does the job?
Current Limitations
The system currently has a 3,500 line limit for posts, which should be more than enough for most people's needs (3,500 lines is a serious ammount of code - if you need more you're probably missing the point). I may increase this over time, but for now that's the way it will work.
Posts will be retained for up to 30 days since they were last viewed, this means a paste could potentially be retained forever - if it's still being used - else it will be garbage collected (garbage collection is permanent, I don't back up deleted pastes just the active ones).
Why Paste2 Exists
Paste2 was created because these days pastebin.com is never working, and allot of other pastebin clones are exactly that, simple clones - there's no effort. Rather than just clone pastebin I wanted to take the idea and improve appon it, which is a continual process - proven by the most recent update.
If you like this site and find it useful don't forget to tell people about it!
Credits
Lots of credits, most importantly David of Fused Network for hosting Paste2. Check out the credits page for the full list!
Help / Ideas
You can mail me at streaky[at]mybrokenlogic.com if you have an idea or need help, I'll do my best to accomodate.