description: Paste sites are internet dumpsters, but dumpster diving can be rewarding

Paste Sites

Tools

Pastehunter

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Site Info

Pastebin (https://pastebin.com)

• 8 byte alphanumeric ID
• Provides scraping API with feeds, but requires grandfathered pro account

# example
https://pastebin.com/Vqai8sBA

rentry.co

• 5 byte alphanumeric ID
• no feed

# example
https://rentry.co/uvq4v

zerobin (https://zerobin.net)

# example
https://zerobin.net/?98703897a0cdceef#uTVX3KoxQbNrDJE+efmO9sexX3jT6Zt0ed4glZj295U=

justpaste.it

• no recent feed
• no API

# example paste
https://justpaste.it/3spa1

twitlonger.com / tl.gd

• oauth from twitter only
• no recent feed
• api is for getting/updating posts only, auth required
• 9 char id (alphanumeric with symbols)

# example link
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s1vre6
http://tl.gd/n_1s1vre6

jsfiddle.net

• 8 char id (alphanumeric)

#example
https://jsfiddle.net/k092mfae/

gist.github.com

• requires username
• 32 char id (hex)

https://gist.github.com/cham423/308cba152d57d10d91a1dbd614768024

Textbin (https://textbin.net/)

• recent paste list, HTML only (would have to be scraped, extracted from homepage)
  • embedded in homepage, no API, no dedicated HTML page)

# example
https://textbin.net/1q09pepj0k

ideone (ideone.com)

• IDE (sandbox code exec)
• has recent feed HTML (https://ideone.com/recent)

# example
https://ideone.com/Ok8iWL

pastesite (https://pastesite.org/lists)

• very low volume
• has recent feed HTML (https://pastesite.org/lists)

# example
https://pastesite.org/view/19d5c69e

controlC (https://controlc.com)

• popular
• no recent feed
• 8 byte hex ID

# example
<https://controlc.com/ff1435ac>

ghostbin

https://ghostbin.co

• defunct

sources

https://mediasonar.com/2020/09/09/pastebins-darkwebmarketplaces-osint/