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PasteHTML not generating lately

authorblues opened this issue ยท 5 comments

commented

Requires some context. Not much of the underlying code has changed, so this needs some hunting. Perhaps PasteHTML's API or policy has changed slightly.

commented

PasteHTML has been down a lot. I suspect that's the problem here.

commented

Do we know of any suitable alternative replacements? For an automated server like the play.rmct.tv server, it isn't possible to just queue them up locally for someone to come in and upload later, so maybe we need a more reliable site.

commented

There are lots of alternatives for uploading HTML, but I can't find any that allow anonymous uploads.

If we could do the authentication somehow, then Google Drive or Dropbox would be obvious candidates.

Another option would be to host our own pastehtml-like service specifically for this purpose, e.g. on http://rmct.tv.

commented

There are lots of alternatives for uploading HTML, but I can't find any that allow anonymous uploads.

This is the main problem. Authenticating would require that the authentication credentials were available in the plugin's source, which would be a big problem. On the other hand, if we had more control over the medium we used to upload, we could upload some of the shared resources (images, css, etc), and the files themselves could be smaller.

If we could do the authentication somehow, then Google Drive or Dropbox would be obvious candidates.

This would be ideal, we just need to work out how something like this could be done.

Another option would be to host our own pastehtml-like service specifically for this purpose, e.g. on http://rmct.tv.

I'd like to avoid this, if possible. Securing a system like this against unintended usage seems like a real slippery slope.

commented

PasteHTML has been down the past few days, but the bug is most likely fixed by the fix I applied for #99. Will close both together, possibly readdressing the issue with PasteHTML specifically if service isn't restored soon.