paste

This app allows users to upload and share text through posts called “pastes” (similar to pastebin). Try it out at paste.cs61a.org!

Code Documentation

paste.main.load(name, skip_auth=False)

Loads the paste text for given name

Parameters

• name (str) – name associated with the paste text

• skip_auth (bool) – a flag to skip the authentication for the user; False by default

Returns

a string representing the paste text for this user

paste.main.paste_worker(data: str, name: Optional[str] = None, is_private: bool = False)

Creates and saves a new entry in the pastes table representing the given paste data. If name is not provided, generates a random string as name.

Parameters

• data (str) – the paste text

• name (str) – name of the given user; None by default

• is_private (bool) – a flag determining whether or not this data is private; False by default

Returns

string representing the name