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spacepasteit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import argparse

import requests

SPACEPASTE_URL = 'http://bpaste.net/'

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument(
    'file',
    metavar='FILE',
    help="The file to upload",
)
parser.add_argument(
    '-l', '--lang',
    metavar='LANGUAGE',
    default=None,
    help="The language to use for highlighting",
)

ext_to_lang = {
    'py': 'python',
    'txt': 'text',
}

def main():
    args = parser.parse_args()
    fname = args.file
    with open(fname) as fp:
        text = fp.read()
    if args.lang is None:
        lang = ext_to_lang.get(fname.rsplit('.', 1)[-1], 'text')
    else:
        lang = ext_to_lang.get(args.lang, 'text')
    data = {
        'code': text,
        'language': lang,
        'webpage': '',
        'private': 'on',
    }

    resp = requests.post(SPACEPASTE_URL, data=data)
    resp.raise_for_status()
    print resp.url


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()