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Usage

Use dpaste.com to share pieces of code in chat rooms, forums, and the like, without pastebombing the conversation.

Your code gets a nice short URL like dpaste.com/ABCD23456.

The code will be colorized according to the syntax you select. (After you paste into the Content field, dpaste will automatically set the Syntax menu if it can.)

You can set expiration from 1 day to 365 days (7 days is the default). After that it's deleted from our database and its URL will return a 404.

All paste URLs are "private" by default. The IDs are non-sequential, and the links are not published anywhere on the site unless they belong to an account with a public profile.

After you enter text in the Content field, the app will try to guess the syntax and set the Syntax menu choice accordingly. (This syntax-guessing feature is active only when the Syntax selection is the default, "Plain text".)

Tips

  • Click the "Soft wrap" button to wrap long lines to window width, no horizontal scrolling. The resulting URL (ends with #wrap) can be shared too.
  • Add .txt to any paste URL to see it as raw text.
  • Click any line number for a permalink.
  • To preset fields in the submission form, pass any of these URL parameters: syntax, expiry_days, title. (Here's an example, and here's the list of syntax choices.)
  • Compare any two items via the Diff button.
  • Size limit is 1,000,000 characters.
  • Follow @dpaste@fosstodon.org (aka status.dpaste.com) for status updates.

Scripts, Tools, Integrations

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Copy raw content to clipboard: C
  • Delete: Delete/Backspace
  • Duplicate: D
  • Edit item properties (expiry/syntax/title): E
  • Favorite: *
  • Preview (for Markdown, reStructuredText): P
  • Raw text view: R
  • Submit: ctrl-Enter
  • Toggle soft wrap: W

Additional features for account holders

Anonymous use is the default, but if you create an account you can:

  • Add others' items to your favorites list (great for teams)
  • Delete any of your items
  • Change expiry, syntax, or title of any of your items
  • Publish your profile, with links to your most recent items
  • Get a personal dashboard with:
    • Running list of items you've pasted
    • Items you've starred
    • Your API token
    • Preferences (default syntax, default expiry, syntax-guessing, colorizing style)

FAQs

See the "Solutions" section in the help portal.

Account management

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