https://github.com/manavalan2517/cli-pastes
This script allows users to create, view, and manage text pastes. It provides a simple command-line interface for creating new pastes and viewing existing ones.
https://github.com/manavalan2517/cli-pastes
cli cli-paste json note notes pasteboard pastes python terminal text
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This script allows users to create, view, and manage text pastes. It provides a simple command-line interface for creating new pastes and viewing existing ones.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/manavalan2517/cli-pastes
- Owner: Manavalan2517
- Created: 2024-04-07T15:37:02.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-08T01:33:16.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-30T22:28:22.383Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: cli, cli-paste, json, note, notes, pasteboard, pastes, python, terminal, text
- Language: Python
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- Size: 5.44 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# CLI - Paste
https://github.com/Manavalan2517/Cli-Pastes/assets/112639423/92b48edd-201c-415b-a7a0-195db9281a30
> ` It is Inspired from ( https://github.com/codemyst/pastemyst )`
# A simple Python script to create and manage text pastes.
## Introduction
This script allows users to create, view, and manage text pastes. It provides a simple command-line interface for creating new pastes and viewing existing ones.
### Commands Used:
- `create`: Create a new paste.
- `view`: View an existing paste.
- `exit`: Exit the script.
## Modules Used:
The script imports several modules including
1. `json` -----------> `for parsing and generating JSON data`
2. `platform` ------> `to access underlying platform’s identifying data`
3. `os` --------------> `for a portable way of using operating system dependent functionality`
4. `rich.console`-> `enables rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal`
5. `rich.syntax`--> `allows syntax highlighting of code snippets`
6. `questionary`--> `for creating interactive prompts and questionnaires`
7. `pyperclip`----> `access to the clipboard for copying and pasting`
8. `random`-------> `used for generating random numbers and selecting random elements`
9. `string`-------> `provides a collection of string constants, useful for generating random strings`
## Working
1. The script checks if a `JSON` file named 'UserData.json' exists.
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2. If it doesn't exist, it creates a new one and stores the user's operating system information in it.
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3. The script also defines a function 'update_json' that updates the user's data in a JSON file named 'data.json'.
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4. The script then enters a while loop that prompts the user to select an action: create, view, or exit.
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5. If the user selects 'create', the script prompts for confirmation, paste name, and checks the user's operating system.
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6. If the operating system is Windows, it creates an empty text file, opens it with notepad, reads the entered data, and stores it in a variable 'pdData'.
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7. The script then generates a unique ID and checks if it already exists in the 'data.json' file.
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8. If it doesn't exist, it updates the JSON file with the paste name, ID, and data, and removes the temporary text file.
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9. If the user selects 'view', the script prompts for an ID and checks if it exists in the 'data.json' file.
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10. If it exists, it prints the paste content using the rich.syntax module, prompts the user to copy the content to the clipboard, and copies it if requested.
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11. If the user selects 'exit', the script breaks out of the while loop and terminates.
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12. If an unknown command is entered, the script prints a message to try again.