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https://github.com/wantguns/bin

highly opinionated, minimal pastebin
https://github.com/wantguns/bin

file-upload pastebin rocket rust self-hosted

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# Bin 

A minimal pastebin which also accepts binary files like Images, PDFs and ships

multiple clients. 



It does not require you to host a SQL server and everything is self-contained in

a statically linked binary (the docker image runs on scratch !), which makes it

extremely easy to deploy.



Try it out on: https://basedbin.fly.dev



## Clients



### Web



You can paste



- Normal Text



- Paste Images from clipboard:  

![clipboard-paste](.github/files/image_clipboard.gif)



- Files by drag and drop:  

![drag_n_drop](.github/files/drag_n_drop.gif)



### CLI



[![cli-usage](https://asciinema.org/a/khcEtveMAbjqJccySdmWuPe1l.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/khcEtveMAbjqJccySdmWuPe1l)



#### Installation



Get the client from [this repository](contrib/cli/client) or from my deployed paste:



```bash

curl -o pst https://bin.wantguns.dev/client

chmod +x pst

```



or manually copy the following at a file in your path.



```bash

#!/bin/bash



# Change the url accordingly

URL="https://basedbin.fly.dev"



FILEPATH="$1"

FILENAME=$(basename -- "$FILEPATH")

EXTENSION="${FILENAME##*.}"



RESPONSE=$(curl --data-binary @${FILEPATH:-/dev/stdin} --url $URL)

PASTELINK="$URL$RESPONSE"



[ -z "$EXTENSION" ] && \

    echo "$PASTELINK" || \

    echo "$PASTELINK.$EXTENSION"

```



You have the option to remove the `/client` description / help in the

landing page. To show the `/client` description, run the `bin` binary

with either `BIN_CLIENT_DESC` env variable or a `-c` flag. More on

arguments later



#### Usage



It just works.



```bash

$ pst somefile.txt

$ cat someimage.png | pst

```



### (Neo)Vim



#### Installation



1. Install the CLI client

2. Append this to your init.vim / vimrc



```vim

nnoremap p :!pst %

```

#### Usage



Use ` + p` paste.



## Server Deployment



Currently, builds for the following target triples are shipped:

- x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (amd64)

- aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu (arm64)



The builds shipped are statically linked, so you don't even need a libc to run

the binary !  

The docker manifest labelled

[`wantguns/bin:latest`](https://hub.docker.com/layers/wantguns/bin/latest/images/sha256-34c19b59d098bd1420fc48f6b1f01dc250d3d8787a3786f5425efb4e74cc17f2?context=repo)

includes the images for both amd64 and arm64 images.



### Docker



```bash

$ docker run -p 6162:6162 wantguns/bin

```



### Docker Compose



```yaml

version: '3.3'

services:

  pastebin:

    image: wantguns/bin

    container_name: pastebin

    ports:

      - 127.0.0.1:6163:6163

    environment:

      - BIN_PORT=6163 # Defaults to 6162

      - BIN_LIMITS={form="16 MiB"}

      - BIN_CLIENT_DESC=placeholder

    volumes:

      - ./upload:/upload  # upload folder will have your pastes

```



### Manual



- Grab a copy of the binary from GH releases   

OR

- Build on your own:

```bash

# A statically linked build

$ cargo build --release

```



- Execute the binary as is, no extra shenanigans needed:

```bash

$ ./bin

```



#### Usage



```txt

USAGE:

    bin [OPTIONS]



OPTIONS:

    -a, --address 


            Address on which the webserver runs [default: 127.0.0.1]



    -b, --binary-upload-limit 

            Binary uploads file size limit (in MiB) [default: 100]



    -c, --client-desc

            Include client description [env: CLIENT_DESC=]



    -h, --help

            Print help information



    -p, --port 

            Port on which the webserver runs [default: 6162]



    -u, --upload 

            Path to the uploads folder [default: ./upload]



    -V, --version

            Print version information

```



#### Configuration



This pastebin utilizes a custom configuration provider from Rocket. Apart from

the essential arguments, you can also use environment variables, which have the

highest preference in order.



Everything from the [official Rocket

doc](https://rocket.rs/v0.5/guide/configuration/#overview) is supported,

just that you have to prefix the env variable with "BIN_":

```txt

BIN_PORT=6163

BIN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0

BIN_LIMITS={form="16 MiB"}

BIN_WORKERS=8

BIN_IDENT=false

...

```



## API



`GET /`  

  Get raw pastes



`GET /p/`  

  Get highlighted pastes 



`GET /p/. `  



  Get syntax highlighted pastes.  

  E.g. https://basedbin.fly.dev/p/foobaz.cpp should return a C++ syntax

  highlighted paste



`POST /`  

  Post binary data



## Design Decisions



This pastebin: 



- does not use a database. It lacks non-essential features like

  password-protection / automatic deletion as a result of which, it can do

  completely fine with flat filesystems. As an upside (opinionated), it makes

  deploying it easier.

- uses server sided highlighting, which ensures that everything stays light and

  snappy at the client side.

- uses very minimal frontend because a pastebin does not need it. It focuses

  (or atleast tries to) on getting things done in minimum amount of clicks.



## Hacking



- If you want to ensure your pushed refs will pass CI, add the prepush script

  to your Git hooks:



  ```bash

  $ cp -a tools/prepush .git/hooks/pre-push

  ```



  Alternately, just run `./tools/prepush` yourself before pushing.



- The Cargo configuration for this project is set for statically compiled

  builds. You can check out the [config file](.cargo/config.toml) to know more.

- Read the [buildci](.github/workflows/buildci.yml) to know how the project is

  statically compiled for two architectures.