hastebinit-like script for paste.pm. Python 2 and 3 compatible.

pasteit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

""""Client for paste.pm"""

import sys
PY3 = sys.version > '3'
if PY3:
    from urllib.parse import urlencode
    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
else:
    from urllib import urlencode
    from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
from os import environ


def paste(*args):
    if 'PASTE_SERVER' in environ:
        SERVER_URL = environ['PASTE_SERVER']
    else:
        SERVER_URL = 'http://paste.pm'

    URL = SERVER_URL + '/post'

    if args:
        content = [open(x).read() for x in args]
    else:
        content = [sys.stdin.read()]

    urls = []
    for data in content:
        values = {'content': data}
        postdata = urlencode(values)
        if PY3:
            postdata = postdata.encode('utf-8')
        req = Request(URL, postdata)
        response = urlopen(req)
        path = response.read()
        if PY3:
            path = path.decode('utf-8')
        url = SERVER_URL + path
        urls.append(url)

    return urls


def main():
    for url in paste(*sys.argv[1:]):
        print(url)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()