1[![Intro](https://github.com/bokub/nopaste/raw/images/intro.png)][intro-img]
 2
 3[NoPaste](https://nopaste.ml/) is a client-side paste service which works with **no database**, and **no back-end code**
 4
 5Instead, the data is **compressed** then **stored** into a unique URL that can be shared and decoded later. For example, [this is the CSS code used by NoPaste][example]
 6
 7As a result, there is no risk of data being lost, censored or deleted. The data is stored entirely **in the links** and nowhere else!
 8
 9**Note:** This project is a copy of [Topaz's paste service][topaz-example], with a reworked design and a few additional features (syntax highlighting, line numbers, line wrapping, embedding...)
10
11## How it works
12
13When you click on "Generate Link", NoPaste compresses the whole text using the
14[LZMA algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Markov_chain_algorithm), encodes it in
15[Base64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64), and puts it in the optional URL fragment, after the first `#` symbol: `nopaste.ml/#<your data goes here>`
16
17When you open a link, NoPaste reads, decodes, and decompresses whatever is after the `#`, and displays the result in the editor.
18
19This process is done entirely **in your browser**, and the web server hosting NoPaste [never has access to the fragment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment_identifier)
20
21## Embedded NoPaste snippets
22
23You can include NoPaste code snippets into your own website by clicking the _Embed_ button and using the generated HTML code.
24
25Here is an example of generated code and how it looks (click on the screenshot to see the interactive version)
26
27```html
28<iframe
29    width="100%"
30    height="243"
31    frameborder="0"
32    src="https://nopaste.ml/?l=py#XQAAAQAbAQAAAAAAAAA0m0pnuFI8c+qagMoNTEcTIfyUWbZjtjmBYcmJSzoNwS5iVMWHzvowv3IPM0vOG5cjrtDRTSVP/0biTIrrahfmbkuMQBBeSiSGpaJOqYJiKmUDYn2Gp1RtWE6gm8fLHMB4eyZ3+rEbUQwWyMcmWqvZ7m96RUeFyZdYbE85JGvhghqF8cyPB0ZjV0OQWsDxn5O5ysMrIcL+pKPk89EtLjAHhA1LZL9F3hzAtTx7I+GlyrxhhXGxAN//CvtaAA=="
33></iframe>
34```
35
36[![iframe](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bokub/nopaste/images/pagerank.png)](https://jsfiddle.net/cqr2kxf5/)
37
38Feel free to edit the `height` and `width` attributes, so they suit your needs
39
40## Maximum sizes for links
41
42NoPaste is great for sharing code snippets on various platforms.
43
44These are the maximum link lengths on some apps and browsers.
45
46| App     | Max length |
47| ------- | ---------- |
48| Reddit  | 10,000     |
49| Twitter | 4,088      |
50| Slack   | 4,000      |
51| QR Code | 2,610      |
52| Bitly   | 2,048      |
53
54| Browser         | Max length                | Notes                                   |
55| --------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
56| Google Chrome   | (win) 32,779 (mac) 10,000 | Will not display, but larger links work |
57| Firefox         | >64,000                   |                                         |
58| Microsoft IE 11 | 4,043                     | Will not show more than 2,083           |
59| Microsoft Edge  | 2,083                     | Anything over 2083 will fail            |
60| Android         | 8,192                     |                                         |
61| Safari          | Lots                      |                                         |
62
63## Generate NoPaste links
64
65NoPaste links can be created easily from your system's command line:
66
67```bash
68# Linux
69echo -n 'Hello World' | lzma | base64 | xargs -0 printf "https://nopaste.ml/#%s"
70
71# Mac
72echo -n 'Hello World' | lzma | base64 -w0 | xargs -0 printf "https://nopaste.ml/#%s"
73
74# Windows / WSL
75echo -n 'Hello World' | xz --format=lzma | base64 -w0 | printf "https://nopaste.ml/#%s" "$(cat -)"
76```
77
78[intro-img]: https://nopaste.ml/?l=tcl#XQAAAQA6BAAAAAAAAAAFYH9MXlzSsUdj4vga48M86Ff/Bo1HzNmlXzjCWCN1Q/EliRJg00jhrYF9eDKWzDi+Su+Pv1o8yGz3V06CtGOt8u9dUN10KuOrmkUrjI/kUqitUUD34YXmq9twyrkxmOl5kaHPNqE2PWTRhnKWCEntngrOOlXC4kxxnXuGB2v4zJ75fIM0htURHr9ysHH+1nHvSRng4zpcYju3Y/RqpGTIowXGoUcIOeKKG8PpYf/9t33i
79[example]: https://nopaste.ml/?l=css#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
80[topaz-example]: https://topaz.github.io/paste/#XQAAAQADAQAAAAAAAAAFFgvDUiqpf8dDPleMqfsqtbQYE28suCtDTB9iyFgGByXgSRMepMuokjoACV4UPgBzwM3p+V/N2rCi8m90FkQfsRuMJ4LrZVFgr81wKDc2okcywbJBz7OGNPpc8xu2lAkpSekqRO+I/OYUUvgB2ckKBp+2avxmAKn6H73WV3t1D5Ip9hwthecGUnLwFSGpPFNI0zb4Ettx7QnIu6NiftBuencR3Bn/l3BNoh8M5NQL2MoInMQAnQ1gGwSQg6uEnIvK70ERxjllyP2v2fH/N5CRAA==