# pastebin > python wrapper for the pastebin api ## API Documentation: * [Pastebin API](https://pastebin.com/doc_api) ## Example: ```python #!/usr/bin/env python import pastebin api_key = 'CHANGEME' api = pastebin.PasteBin(api_key) data = open(__file__).read() result = api.paste(data, guest=True, name='Example Script', format='Python', private='1', expire='10M') print('PasteBin URL: ' + result) ``` **Note**: A posix shell script example can be found [here](https://github.com/acidvegas/random/blob/master/pastebin) ___ ###### Mirrors for this repository: [acid.vegas](https://git.acid.vegas/pastebin) • [SuperNETs](https://git.supernets.org/acidvegas/pastebin) • [GitHub](https://github.com/acidvegas/pastebin) • [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/acidvegas/pastebin) • [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/acidvegas/pastebin)