pbin - privatebin cli tool

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this is a fork of cbluth/pbin. the original pbin is unmaintained; its last commit was on 2021-05-10.

this is still a small tool for putting pastes on privatebin. it encrypts the paste locally, uploads ciphertext, and keeps the key in the url after #.

this fork updates it for the current privatebin json api and format v2 encryption. public instances are listed here: https://privatebin.info/directory/

if you want a maintained, feature-rich privatebin cli, use gearnode/privatebin. this fork exists for the old pbin workflow, minimal deps, and a smaller binary.

Install:

install the normal "go" way:

go install github.com/stylings/pbin/cmd/pbin@latest

or build from this checkout:

go build -o pbin ./cmd/pbin

Basic Usage:

Upload Paste:

$ echo "anything" | pbin
https://privatebin.net/?5f9fc3956e8bc7bd#8NBafBFyqKWZrqPHiw4hC1JkL9Vx9mxEUGtXBT5wLNJF

Download Paste:

$ URL="https://privatebin.net/?908a9812a167d638#AKQaAp7bwC9t7gLBJkLXxJt1ZQQyW4bfjnBCzbn73c95"
$ pbin $URL
## prints content to stdout

Advanced Usage

You can set additional options if some of these arguments, only when creating a paste:

• -burn
• -open
• -base64
• -password

Upload Base64 Paste:

$ cat cat-meme.gif | pbin -base64

Download Base64 Paste:

$ pbin $URL -base64 > cat-meme.gif

Download Base64 Paste to file:

$ pbin $URL -base64 -o cat-meme.gif

Upload Paste with Burn After Read Once:

$ echo "anything" | pbin -burn

Download Paste to filepath:

$ pbin $URL -output cat-meme.gif

Upload Paste with discussion forum enabled:

$ echo "anything" | pbin -open

Upload Paste with password protection:

$ echo "anything" | pbin -password mySecretPassw0rd

Download Paste with password protection:

$ pbin $URL -password mySecretPassw0rd

Expiry Options

You can set the expiry with one of these arguments, only when creating a paste:

• -hour
• -day
• -week
• -month
• -year
• -never

examples:

$ echo "anything" | pbin -hour # <- will expire after 1 hour
$ echo "anything" | pbin -week # <- will expire after 1 week
$ echo "anything" | pbin -month # <- will expire after 1 month
$ cat cat-meme.gif | pbin -base64 -never