privatebin

name: privatebin description: Read and create PrivateBin pastes via CLI. Use when a user shares a PrivateBin URL (privatebin., ?pasteid=#*), asks to create a paste, or needs to share text securely. Handles client-side decryption without a browser.

Read and create encrypted pastes via pbcli.

Reading a Paste

pbcli "<full-privatebin-url-with-key>"

The URL must include the #key fragment. Output is the decrypted plaintext.

If the paste is password-protected:

pbcli -p "<password>" "<url>"

Creating a Paste

echo "content here" | pbcli https://privatebin.example/ --expire 1week --json

Or pipe a file:

cat file.txt | pbcli https://privatebin.example/ --expire 1week --json

Options:

--expire: 5min, 10min, 1hour, 1day, 1week, 1month, 1year, never
--format: plaintext (default), syntax, markdown
--burn: burn after reading
-p <password>: password-protect the paste
--json: return JSON with paste URL, delete URL, and key

Wrapper Script

Use scripts/pb.sh for convenience:

# Read
scripts/pb.sh get "<url>"

# Create
scripts/pb.sh put "text to paste"
scripts/pb.sh put --burn --expire 1hour "secret text"
cat file.txt | scripts/pb.sh put