[SNIPPET] PastebinReporter

Hello, everyone!

Some of you may have noticed that some "bigger" plugins have a fancy feature that when there's an unknown error, they post a log on Pastebin, and then print the URL and tell the server owner to send you, the plugin author, the URL. So, I thought to myself, why not make such a tool? And, voilà: it is finished.

The usage is fairly simple:

Code:java

public class MyPlugin extends JavaPlugin
 
public PastebinReporter REPORTER;
 
@Override
public void onEnable() {
 
this.REPORTER = new PastebinReporter(<Your pastebin API-Key>);
 
}
 
public PastebinReporter getReporter() {
return this.REPORTER;
}

The API-Key is your personal API key for Pastebin. (to retrieve one, go to pastebin.com, create an account, and click "API")

Then, if you want to make a report:

Code:java

Paste mySexyPaste = new Paste("This is the Header.\nThis header looks extremely sexy.");

Then you can add as many lines as you want:

Code:java

mySexyPaste.appendLine("1. This is line 1!")
.appendLine("2. Line 2!")
.appendLine("Do you like it already?");

And then finally, to post your report on Pastebin do:

Code:java

MyPluginInstance.getReporter().post(<name of the paste, if null then no name will be given>, mySexyPaste, ReportFormat.YAML, ExpireDate.ONE_MONTH);

My code supports all possible Pastebin syntaxes, so you can pick whichever you like. The "post(report, format);" returns the URL where the paste got posted.

>>>Get PastebinReporter<<<​

 

Have this cookie.
I also like your definition of "a little class".

 

UnrealPowerz Yeah but keep in mind that the reportformat are over 200 diffrent formats so the "usefull" code is like 120 lines or so

Added an "ExpireDate", you can pick between never, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks and 1 month.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Nice, but is this running in the main server thread? Could bring a lot of servers to a grinding halt if pastebin is slow/down...

 

desht CaptainBern Maybe SwingWorker?

 

desht Thank you , Yes it runs on the main thread, but nothing stops you from running it async.

 

It's not working for me :/ It doesn't show any error, but it doesn't send to my pastebin :l

 

CaptainBern
Great idea!

 

The_Doctor_123 Thank you LCastr0 Hmm, do this: System.out.print(reporter.post(<stuff here>)); and take a look at the url in the console.

 

Sounds great, here's a cake

 

Code:

"6502kickass"

http://ciep244.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/chute-na-bunda.jpg

 

Please ensure you document this appropriately if you use it in a BukkitDev plugin