.TH HGET 1
.SH NAME
-hget, hpost, urlencode \- retrieve, post to a web page corresponding to a url
+hget, hpost, webpaste, urlencode \- retrieve, post to a web page corresponding to a url
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hget
[
] [
.B -g
.I action
-] [
+|
.B -p
.I action
-] [
+|
.B -m
.I action
] [
]
.I ...
.PP
+.B webpaste
+[
+.I file
+]
+.PP
.B urlencode
[
.B -d
.I hget
and
.I hpost
-to print the location URL from the transactoin response
-instead of retriving the the body data. This is usefull
+to print the location URL from the transaction response
+instead of retrieving the body data. This is useful
for HTTP POST transactions that redirect to a URL containing
-the prosted data so we wont refetch the data we just uploaded
+the posted data so we wont refetch the data we just uploaded
to the site.
.PP
The
.B -m
flag sets the form method to POST and its enctype to
.B multipart/form-data.
-In all cases, the form action URL is set to
+In all cases, the target relative form action URL is set to
.I action.
.PP
The
.I url
parameter is always required, the
.B -u
-flag can be omited when
+flag can be omitted when
.I url
follows directly after the last option if any.
.PP
.B name@file
is interpreted as a file upload, with the information following the
.B @
-symbol treated as the full path to the location of the file.
+symbol treated as the file name.
+For
+.B multipart/form-data
+uploads (see
+.B -m
+flag), the file has to be seekable as
+.IR file (1)
+is invoked to determine its mime type.
+.PP
+.I Webpaste
+uploads the contents either of its standard input or
+.I file
+to the pastebin website
+.B http://okturing.com
+and then prints a URL where the contents may be retrieved.
.PP
.I Urlencode
is a helper program to URL encode and decode files. The
.B -d
-flag insead of encoding, decodes URL encoded file. If no
+flag, instead of encode, decodes URL encoded file. If no
.I file
is given, standard input is read. The resulting data
is written to standard output.
edited and sent.
.IP
.EX
-% hpost -l http://p.intma.in
-/bin/hpost -l -u http://p.intma.in -p paste.cgi text:
+% hpost http://p.intma.in
+hpost -u http://p.intma.in -p paste.cgi text:
.EE
.PP
Manually specify fields to be sent to a given
.I url.
.IP
.EX
-% hpost -l -u http://p.intma.in -p paste.cgi text:'test post'
+% hpost -u http://p.intma.in -p paste.cgi text:'test post'
.EE
.PP
Upload a file, print the resulting URL
.EX
% hpost -l http://i.intma.in file@/tmp/screen.png | rc
.EE
+.PP
+Upload the output of
+.IR ns (1)
+to
+.B http://okturing.com
+.IP
+.EX
+% ns | webpaste
+.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/hget
.br
.B /rc/bin/hpost
.br
+.B /rc/bin/webpaste
+.br
.B /sys/src/cmd/urlencode.c
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IR webfs (4) ,
-.IR ftpfs (4)
+.IR webfs (4),
+.IR ftpfs (4),
+.IR file (1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-.I Hget
-requires
+.IR Hget ,
+.I hpost
+and
+.I webpaste
+require
.IR webfs (4)
service mounted on
.B /mnt/web
to work.
+.SH HISTORY
+.I Hget
+first appeared in Plan 9 from Bell Labs. It was
+rewritten as an
+.I rc
+script for 9front (January, 2012).
+.I Hpost
+and
+.I urlencode
+first appeared in 9front (October, 2012).
+.I Webpaste
+first appeared in 9front (September, 2013).