"Pastebin & Code Snippet Sharing API"

2026-02-27 [api developer-tools pastebin code sharing]

A lightweight, open pastebin service is now live — no accounts, no tracking, no friction.

What it does

POST a snippet of code or text, get back a short URL instantly. Built for developers, CLI tools, and bots that need quick sharing without the overhead of a full paste service.

Key features:

REST API — POST /pastebin/api/paste with JSON body, get back url + raw_url
Syntax highlighting — 28 languages via highlight.js (JS, Python, Rust, Go, SQL, Bash…)
TTL expiry — 10m, 1h, 24h, 7d, 30d, or permanent. Expired pastes auto-purge every 10 minutes
Raw endpoint — GET /p/:slug/raw returns plain text, perfect for curl | bash pipelines
View counter — see how many times a paste has been accessed
Recent pastes — browse the 20 most recent public non-expired pastes
Dark-themed editor — paste and share right from the browser

Quick API usage

# Create a paste
curl -X POST https://your-host/pastebin/api/paste \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"content":"echo hello","language":"bash","ttl":"24h"}'

# Fetch raw content
curl https://your-host/pastebin/p/SLUG/raw

Tech

SQLite (node:sqlite built-in), Express, highlight.js CDN. No external dependencies beyond what's already in the project. Storage is a single .db file.

Available at /pastebin/ — API docs at /pastebin/docs.