Error with pastebin.com: "THIS API HAS BEEN DISABLED. Please use Pastebin's new API. http://pastebin.com/api"

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Looking at that page, I'm not sure how one would satisfy there new API in a foss project. Perhaps one might have users put in there own Developer Key. If some one were to publish there key then what's to stop every one from using it?

It might be funny to brute-force a key and then use that, but I think Pastebin would rather we make every user set this... Thus defeating the purpose, I believe.

Do they explicitly forbid you from sharing the developer key? I couldn't see any reference to that on /api

Anyway, below is a working pastebin profile, you just need to fill the developer key. If we're somehow allowed to ship the developer key, then I'll just add mine and commit the new profile to bzr:

[pastebin]
basename = pastebin.com
regexp = "http://((([a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]*)(pastebin\.com)))"

[format]
content = api_paste_code
user = api_paste_name
subdomain = api_paste_subdomain
private = api_paste_private
expiry = api_paste_expire_date
format = api_paste_format
email = api_paste_email
page = page
submit = submit
regexp = regexp
api_dev_key = api_dev_key
api_option = api_option

[defaults]
submit = submit
format = text
private = 0
expiry = 1M
subdomain = ""
email = ""
api_dev_key = API-KEY-HERE
api_option = paste
page = "/api/api_post.php"
regexp = "(.*)"

Has anybody contacted pastebin.com about this issue yet?

The FAQ at least says:
"Yes, we have got an API available, but we do require you to be a member of the website to access it. "
(http://pastebin.com/faq#6)

Maybe it is worth to release a new version fixing the issue by changing the default pastebin in order to enhance the user experience?

2 cents from the archlinux packager.

Could we set http://paste.ubuntu.com as the default? Or is there a more popular pastebin alternative?

I have contacted pastebin.com and the developer key can be shared without any problem.

I'll be updating trunk with a new pastebin.com profile using my developer key and release a bugfix version.

I'll also take care of doing the required SRUs in Ubuntu.

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.3-2ubuntu3

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pastebinit (1.3-2ubuntu3) quantal; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1,
    this switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 09:54:17 -0400

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> Could we set http://paste.ubuntu.com as the default? Or is there a
> more popular pastebin alternative?
>

Paste.ubuntu.com is good default as this is Ubuntu, but
paste.debian.net is also nice.

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Uploaded to all supported versions of Ubuntu, waiting for it to land in -proposed.

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pastebinit into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pastebinit into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pastebinit into natty-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pastebinit into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted pastebinit into hardy-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

I have verified that it works in Ubuntu Precise, when using "pastebinit -b http://pastebin.com" and no ~/.pastebinit.xml file.

Ran the same test on hardy, lucid, natty and oneiric, worked on all of them.

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 0.9-0ubuntu1.1

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pastebinit (0.9-0ubuntu1.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1 and
    convert it to the equivalent old-style in code config, also port
    another reLink handling from current pastebinit so that regexp matching
    works in 0.9.
    This switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:33:50 -0400

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.1-1ubuntu0.1

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pastebinit (1.1-1ubuntu0.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1,
    this switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:14:06 -0400

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1

---------------
pastebinit (1.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1,
    this switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:07:21 -0400

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.1

---------------
pastebinit (1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1,
    this switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:07:21 -0400

This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.3-2ubuntu2.1

---------------
pastebinit (1.3-2ubuntu2.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick new pastebin.com.conf file from pastebinit 1.3.1,
    this switches to the new pastebin.com API (now mandatory) (LP: #996242)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 30 May 2012 09:54:17 -0400