NAME Web::Paste::Simple - simple PSGI-based pastebin-like website SYNOPSIS #!/usr/bin/plackup use Web::Paste::Simple; Web::Paste::Simple->new( storage => Path::Class::Dir->new(...), codemirror => "...", template => Text::Template->new(...), )->app; DESCRIPTION Web::Paste::Simple is a lightweight PSGI app for operating a pastebin-like website. It provides syntax highlighting via the CodeMirror Javascript library. It should be fast enough for deployment via CGI. It does not provide any authentication facilities or similar, instead relying on you to use subclassing/roles or Plack middleware to accomplish such things. Constructor `new(%attrs)` Standard Moose-style constructor. This class is not based on Moose though; instead it uses Moo. Attributes The following attributes are defined: `storage` A Path::Class::Dir indicating the directory where pastes should be stored. Pastes are kept indefinitely. Each is a single file. `codemirror` Path to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter as a string. For example, if CodeMirror is available at `http://example.com/js/lib/codemirror.js` then this string should be `http://example.com/js` with no trailing slash. This defaults to an address on my server, but for production sites, *please* set up your own copy: it only takes a couple of minutes; just a matter of unzipping a single archive. I offer no guarantees about the continued availability of my copy of CodeMirror. Nothing is actually done with this variable, but it's passed to the template. `template` A Text::Template template which will be used for *all* HTML output. The following variables are available to the template... * $DATA - the text pasted on the curent page (if any), already HTML escaped * $MODE - the currently selected syntax highlighting mode (if any), already HTML escaped * @MODES - all configured highlighting modes * $CODEMIRROR - the path to codemirror * $APP - the blessed Web::Paste::Simple object * $REQUEST - a blessed Plack::Request for the current request * $PACKAGE - the string "Web::Paste::Simple" * $VERSION - the Web::Paste::Simple version number The default template is minimal, but works. `modes` The list of CodeMirror highlighting modes to offer to the user. Nothing is actually done with this variable, but it's passed to the template. `default_mode` The default highlighting mode. `uuid_gen` A Data::UUID object used to generate URIs. The default should be fine. Methods The following methods may be of interest to people subclassing Web::Paste::Simple. `app` Technically this is another attribute, but one that should not be set in the constructor. Call this method to retrieve the PSGI coderef. This coderef is built by `_build_app` (a Moo lazy builder). `dispatch` Basic request router/dispatcher. Given a Plack::Request, returns a Plack::Response. `create_paste` Given a Plack::Request corresponding to an HTTP `POST` request, saves the paste and returns a Plack::Reponse. The response may be an arror message, success message, or (as per the current implementation) a redirect to the paste's URI. `retrieve_paste` Given a Plack::Request and a paste ID, returns a Plack::Response with a representation of the paste, or an error message. `show_error` Given an error string and optionally an HTTP status code, returns a Plack::Response. `show_template` Given a Plack::Request and a hashref of data (possibly including `paste` and `mode` keys) returns a Plack::Response with the rendered template, and the pasted data plugged into it. `make_paste_id` Returns a unique ID string for a paste. The current implementation is a base64-encoded UUID. BUGS Please report any bugs to . SEE ALSO Plack, Moo, CodeMirror . AUTHOR Toby Inkster . COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.