diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/.bundle/
+/.yardoc
+/_yardoc/
+/coverage/
+/doc/
+/pkg/
+/spec/reports/
+/tmp/
+
+# rspec failure tracking
+.rspec_status
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
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+++ b/.rspec
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+--format documentation
+--color
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+++ b/.travis.yml
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+---
+sudo: false
+language: ruby
+cache: bundler
+rvm:
+  - 2.5.1
+before_install: gem install bundler -v 1.16.3
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+++ b/Gemfile
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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+git_source(:github) {|repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in pastebinner.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Pastebinner
+
+Welcome to your new gem! In this directory, you'll find the files you need to be able to package up your Ruby library into a gem. Put your Ruby code in the file `lib/pastebinner`. To experiment with that code, run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt.
+
+TODO: Delete this and the text above, and describe your gem
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'pastebinner'
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install pastebinner
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/pastebinner.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+task :default => :spec
diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
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+++ b/bin/console
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "pastebinner"
+
+# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
+# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
+
+# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
+# require "pry"
+# Pry.start
+
+require "irb"
+IRB.start(__FILE__)
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
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+++ b/bin/setup
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+set -vx
+
+bundle install
+
+# Do any other automated setup that you need to do here
diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
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+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# author: brendan mcdevitt
+# a ruby wrapper around all of the methods pastebin provides with its api
+# official docs from pastebin on their api can be found at https://pastebin.com/api
+require 'rest-client'
+module PasteBin
+  class PasteBinner
+
+    # PasteBinner.new(api_dev_key)
+    def initialize(api_dev_key)
+      @api_dev_key = api_dev_key
+      @base_api_url = 'https://pastebin.com/api'
+      @scraping_api_url = 'https://scrape.pastebin.com'
+    end
+
+    # this should be a hash of { endpoint_name: '/url_endpoint.php'}
+    ENDPOINTS = { :login => '/api_login.php',
+                  :post => '/api_post.php',
+                  :raw => '/api_raw.php',
+                  :scraping => '/api_scraping.php',
+                  :scrape_item => '/api_scrape_item.php',
+                  :srape_item_meta => '/api_scrape_item_meta.php' }
+
+    # basic example hash for creating a paste:
+    # params = { 'api_dev_key': @api_dev_key, 'api_option': 'paste'. 'api_paste_code': paste_data}
+
+    # required params:
+    # api_dev_key - your unique developer api key
+    # api_option - set as paste, this will indicate you want to create a new paste
+    # api_paste_code - this is the text that will be written inside of your paste
+
+    # optional params:
+    # api_user_key - this parameter is part of the login system, which is explained further down the page
+    # api_paste_name - this will be the name / title of your paste
+    # api_paste_format - this will be the syntax highlighting value, which is explained in detail further down the page
+    # api_paste_private - this makes a paste public, unlisted, or private, public = 0, unlisted = 1, private = 2
+    # api_paste_expire_date - this sets the expiration date of your paste, the values are explained further down the page
+
+    def create_paste(params)
+      response = RestClient::Request.execute(
+        method: :post,
+        url: @base_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:post],
+        payload: params )
+    end
+
+    def get_api_user_key(username, password)
+      # returns a user session key that can be used as the api_user_key param
+      @response ||= RestClient::Request.execute({
+                                                  method: :post,
+                                                  url: @base_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:login],
+                                                  payload: { 'api_dev_key': @api_dev_key,
+                                                             'api_user_name': username,
+                                                             'api_user_password': password }})
+    end
+
+    # params is optional for now. to query specific language ?lang=ruby as an example
+    def scrape_public_pastes(params = nil)
+      response = RestClient::Request.execute(
+        method: :get,
+        url: @scraping_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:scraping])
+    end
+
+    # this will be the main way to execute any of these methods. this has the exception handling taken care of.
+    def execute_query(selector, *args)
+      begin
+        send(selector, *args)
+      rescue RestClient::ExceptionWithResponse => e
+        puts e.message
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+######################## TESTING ####################################################
+#####################################################################################
+#
+# CREATE PASTE
+#
+# setup our api key
+api_dev_key = ENV['pastebin_api_key']
+
+# setup our object and grab a session key
+pb =  PasteBin::PasteBinner.new(api_dev_key)
+#api_user_key = pb.get_api_user_key(ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pastebin_password'])
+
+# here is some paste content
+paste_data = 'this is a test paste two two two.'
+# prepare our paste params
+#params = { "api_dev_key": api_dev_key, "api_option": "paste", "api_paste_code": paste_data }
+params = { "api_dev_key": api_dev_key, "api_option": "paste", "api_paste_code": paste_data }
+
+#puts pb.create_paste(params)
+#public_pastes = pb.execute_query(pb.scrape_public_pastes)
+puts pb.execute_query(:create_paste, params)
diff --git a/lib/pastebinner/version.rb b/lib/pastebinner/version.rb
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+module Pastebinner
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+end
diff --git a/pastebinner.gemspec b/pastebinner.gemspec
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+
+lib = File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require "pastebinner/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "pastebinner"
+  spec.version       = Pastebinner::VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ["booboy"]
+  spec.email         = ["bpmcdevitt@thelinuxspace.com"]
+
+  spec.summary       = %q{TODO: Write a short summary, because RubyGems requires one.}
+  spec.description   = %q{TODO: Write a longer description or delete this line.}
+  spec.homepage      = "TODO: Put your gem's website or public repo URL here."
+
+  # Prevent pushing this gem to RubyGems.org. To allow pushes either set the 'allowed_push_host'
+  # to allow pushing to a single host or delete this section to allow pushing to any host.
+  if spec.respond_to?(:metadata)
+    spec.metadata["allowed_push_host"] = "TODO: Set to 'http://mygemserver.com'"
+  else
+    raise "RubyGems 2.0 or newer is required to protect against " \
+      "public gem pushes."
+  end
+
+  # Specify which files should be added to the gem when it is released.
+  # The `git ls-files -z` loads the files in the RubyGem that have been added into git.
+  spec.files         = Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)) do
+    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
+  end
+  spec.bindir        = "exe"
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.16"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
+end
diff --git a/spec/pastebinner_spec.rb b/spec/pastebinner_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/pastebinner_spec.rb
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+RSpec.describe Pastebinner do
+  it "has a version number" do
+    expect(Pastebinner::VERSION).not_to be nil
+  end
+
+  it "does something useful" do
+    expect(false).to eq(true)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+require "bundler/setup"
+require "pastebinner"
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Enable flags like --only-failures and --next-failure
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = ".rspec_status"
+
+  # Disable RSpec exposing methods globally on `Module` and `main`
+  config.disable_monkey_patching!
+
+  config.expect_with :rspec do |c|
+    c.syntax = :expect
+  end
+end