pastemyst

data

this endpoint is for getting various simple data.

get a language by name

GET

/data/language?name={language}

get the language information for a specific language, returns a 404 status if the language couldn't be found. note that the language name must be percent encoded.

field	type	description	optional?
name	string	language name	no
mode	string	language mode to be used in the editor	no
mimes	string array	list of mimes used by the language	no
ext	string array	list of extensions used by the language	yes
color	string	color representing the language	yes

{
  "ext": [
    "d"
  ],
  "name": "D",
  "color": "#ba595e",
  "mode": "d",
  "mimes": [
    "text/x-d"
  ]
}

get a language by extension

GET

/data/languageExt?extension={extension}

get the language information for a specific language found by the extension, returns a 404 status if the language couldn't be found.

returns the same object as getting the language by name.

get the number of currently active pastes

GET

/data/numPastes

returns the number of currently active pastes.

field	type
numPastes	ulong