---
title: paste.sr.ht API reference
---

The paste.sr.ht API allows you to browse and create pastes on paste.sr.ht
programmatically. This API follows the [standard sourcehut API
conventions](/api-conventions.md).

## Authentication

Authentication is done via the [meta.sr.ht OAuth
flow](https://man.sr.ht/meta.sr.ht/oauth-api.md). The following OAuth scopes are
available for paste.sr.ht:

- **pastes:read**, **pastes:write**: read & write paste resources

## Resources

### Paste resource

```json
{
  "created": "timestamp",
  "sha": "id of this paste (SHA-1 hash)",
  "user": { short-form user resource },
  "visibility": "access level",
  "files": [
    {
      "filename": "filename" or null,
      "blob_id": "id of this blob (SHA-1 hash)"
    }, ...
  ]
}
```

### Blob resource

```json
{
  "created": "timestamp",
  "sha": "id of this blob (SHA-1 hash)",
  "contents": "contents of this blob"
}
```

## Endpoints

### GET /api/pastes

List of [paste resources](#paste-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `pastes:read`

### POST /api/pastes

Create a new paste resource.

**OAuth scope**: `pastes:write`

**Request body**

```json
{
  "visibility": "access level",
  "files": [
    {
      "filename": "filename" or null, (optional)
      "contents": "contents of this file"
    }
  ]
}
```

- **contents** must be a UTF-8 encoded string; binary files are not allowed
- **visibility** must be one of "public", "private", or "unlisted"

**Response**

The new [paste resource](#paste-resource).

### GET /api/pastes/:sha

Retrieves a [paste resource](#paste-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `pastes:read`

### DELETE /api/pastes/:sha

Deletes a [paste resource](#paste-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `pastes:write`

### GET /api/blobs/:sha

Retrieves a [blob resource](#blob-resource).

**OAuth scope**: `pastes:read`