PrivateBin CLI on python 3
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PBinCLI
=======

PBinCLI is command line client for `PrivateBin <https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/>`_ written on Python 3.

Installing
==========

Installation inside ``virtualenv``\ :

.. code-block:: bash

python3 -m virtualenv --python=python3 venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install pbincli

Installation to system with pip3:

.. code-block:: bash

pip3 install pbincli

*Note: if you used installation with ``virtualenv``\ , don't forget to activate it before usage: call ``. /path/to/venv/bin/activate`` in terminal*

Configuration
=============

By default pbincli configured to use ``https://paste.i2pd.xyz/`` for sending and receiving pastes. No proxy used by default.

You can create config file to use different settings.

Configuration file is searched in ``~/.config/pbincli/pbincli.conf``\ , ``%APPDATA%/pbincli/pbincli.conf`` (Windows) and ``~/Library/Application Support/pbincli/pbincli.conf`` (MacOS)

Example contents
----------------

.. code-block:: ini

server=https://paste.i2pd.xyz/
proxy=http://127.0.0.1:3128

All possible options for configuration file
-------------------------------------------

.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1

* - Option
- Default
- Possible value
* - server
- https://paste.i2pd.xyz/
- Domain ending with slash
* - mirrors
- None
- Domains separated with comma, like ``http://privatebin.ygg/,http://privatebin.i2p/``
* - proxy
- None
- Proxy address starting with scheme ``http://`` or ``socks5://``
* - short
- False
- True / False
* - short_api
- None
- ``tinyurl``\ , ``clckru``\ , ``isgd``\ , ``vgd``\ , ``cuttly``\ , ``yourls``\ , ``custom``
* - short_url
- None
- Domain name of shortener service for ``yourls``\ , or sortener URL (with required parameters) for ``custom``
* - short_user
- None
- Used only in ``yourls``
* - short_pass
- None
- Used only in ``yourls``
* - short_token
- None
- Used only in ``yourls``
* - no_check_certificate
- False
- True / False
* - no_insecure_warning
- False
- True / False


Usage
=====

Tool available by command ``pbincli``\ , help for every command can be called with ``-h`` option:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli {send|get|delete} -h

Sending
-------


*
Sending text:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli send -t "Hello! This is test paste!"

*
Use stdin input to read text for paste:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli send - <<EOF
Hello! This is test paste!
EOF

*
Sending file with text in paste:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli send -f info.pdf -t "I'm sending my document."

*
Sending only file without any text:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli send -q -f info.pdf

*Note*\ : It is possible to set-up paste parameters such as burning after reading, expiritaion time, formatting, enabling discussions, and changing compression algorithm. Please refer to ``pbincli send -h`` output for more information.

Receiving
---------

To retrieve paste from server, use ``get`` command with paste info.

It must be formated like ``pasteID#Passphrase`` or use full URL to paste. Example:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli get xxx#yyy ### receive paste xxx from https://paste.i2pd.xyz/ by default
pbincli get https://example.com/?xxx#yyy ### receive paste xxx from https://example.com/

Deletion
--------

To delete paste from server, use ``delete`` command with required ``-p`` and ``-t`` options:

.. code-block:: bash

pbincli delete -p xxx -t deletetoken

If you need to delete paste on different server that configured, use ``-s`` option with instance URL.

Additional examples
===================

Here you can find additional examples.

Usage with service available inside I2P
---------------------------------------

Change settings to use server ``http://privatebin.i2p/`` and proxy ``http://127.0.0.1:4444``. Here's example for configuration file:

.. code-block:: ini

server=http://privatebin.i2p/
proxy=http://127.0.0.1:4444

Using tool with aliases
-----------------------

Example of alias to send paste from ``stdin`` direclty to I2P service:

.. code-block:: bash

alias pastei2p="echo 'paste the text to stdin' && pbincli send -s http://privatebin.i2p/ -x http://127.0.0.1:4444 -"

Call it by running ``pastei2p`` in terminal.

License
=======

This project is licensed under the MIT license, which can be found in the file `LICENSE <https://github.com/r4sas/PBinCLI/blob/master/LICENSE>`_ in the root of the project source code.