pastebin api : invalid api_dev_key

Question

I'm trying to paste from my python script using following snippet:

import requests
API_ENDPOINT = "http://pastebin.com/api/api_post.php"

data = {'api_dev_key':'my key',
        'api_option': 'paste',
        'api_paste_code': 'hola',
        'api_paste_expire_date':'10M'
}


r = requests.post(url = API_ENDPOINT, data = data)
print(r)
print(r.text)

Which worked well after a few days, but now it returns bad request, invalid api_dev_key. I can't find where is the problem and I tried with another account's key.

Answer 1

Try changing the HTTP to HTTPS , i think that should do it!

Answer 2

Your code is fine and works perfectly on mine too with my own data . Ensure that your account is active and has no warning for any verification.

You can simply try changing the api_dev_key to an acceptable value in pastebin.com.conf and see if it fixes the issue.

Lastly, as mentioned here , try doing an HTTPS request, and see if that fixes it.

Answer 3

Solved, pastebin was on maintenance, and only accepted https request