A script which takes input from STDIN and creates a pastie on ghostbin.com

ghost.sh

#!/bin/bash

lang=text

# See if language arg is given
if [ "$#" -eq "1" ]; then
  lang=$1
fi

echo "Using language: $lang"

STDIN=$(cat -)

echo "Uploading to Ghostbin..."

# POST https://ghostbin.com/paste/new
# FORM DATA
# lang: text
# text: the actual text stuff
# expire: -1
# password:
# title:

curl -s \
     -D /tmp/headers.txt \
     -X POST \
     -F "lang=$lang" \
     -F "text=$STDIN" \
     -F "expire=-1" \
     -F "password=" \
     -F "title=" \
     https://ghostbin.com/paste/new

location_header=$(cat /tmp/headers.txt | grep "location: ")
rm /tmp/headers.txt

location_header=$(sed 's|location: /||g' <<< $location_header)

gb_link="https://ghostbin.com/$location_header"

echo $gb_link | pbcopy

echo "Ghostbin paste created at: $gb_link"
echo "Link has been copied to your clipboard."