diff --git a/bin/pastebinner b/bin/pastebinner
index 1c55357..dbe4929 100755
--- a/bin/pastebinner
+++ b/bin/pastebinner
@@ -1,2 +1,50 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require 'pastebinner'
+require '../lib/pastebinner'
+require 'optparse'
+
+# setup our object and grab a session key
+pb =  Pastebinner.new(ENV['pastebin_api_key'], ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pastebin_password'])
+api_dev_key = ENV['pastebin_api_key']
+
+opts = {}
+
+OptionParser.new do |parser|
+  parser.banner = "Usage: pastebinner [options]"
+
+  parser.on('-h', '--help', "Show this help message") do ||
+    puts parser
+    exit
+  end
+  parser.on('-sp', '--scrape_public', "Scrape public pastes") do |s|
+    opts[:sp] = true
+  end
+  parser.on('-r', '--raw', "Raw paste. Requires --key passed with a valid key") do |r|
+    opts[:r] = true
+  end
+  parser.on('-k', '--key=', "Unique paste key") do |k|
+    opts[:k] = k
+  end
+  parser.on('-gk', '--get_keys', "Get unique paste keys from public pastes") do |gk|
+    opts[:gk] = true
+  end
+  parser.on('-t', '--trending', 'Trending pastes.') do |t|
+    opts[:t] = true
+  end
+
+end.parse!
+
+#if opts[:sp]
+#  puts pb.scrape_public_pastes
+#elsif opts[:r] and opts[:k]
+#  key = opts[:k]
+#  puts pb.raw_paste_data(key)
+#elsif opts[:t]
+#  puts pb.list_trending_pastes
+#elsif opts[:gk]
+#  puts pb.get_unique_paste_key
+#else
+# puts 'please provide arguments'
+#end
+
+#pp = pb.scrape_public_pastes
+#puts pb.get_unique_paste_keys(pp)
diff --git a/lib/examples.rb b/lib/examples.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ecc3306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/examples.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require './pastebinner'
+
+######################## TESTING ####################################################
+#####################################################################################
+
+#### INITIAL STEPS
+
+# setup our object and grab a session key
+pb =  Pastebinner.new(ENV['pastebin_api_key'], ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pastebin_password'])
+api_dev_key = ENV['pastebin_api_key']
+
+#### CREATE PASTE
+# prepare some sample paste data to send
+#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 }
+#puts pb.create_paste(params)
+
+#### SCRAPE PUBLIC PASTES
+#puts pb.scrape_public_pastes
+
+#### SCRAPING - WHITELISTED IP ONLY 
+#### SCRAPE RAW PASTE DATA OF A PASTE KEY
+#puts pb.raw_paste_data('Gkb4ukK9')
+
+#### SCRAPE RAW METADATA OF A PASTE KEY (WORKS WITH WHITELISTED IP ONLY)
+#puts pb.raw_paste_metadata('Gkb4ukK9')
diff --git a/lib/pastebinner.rb b/lib/pastebinner.rb
index 1cbf875..a3a27e5 100755
--- a/lib/pastebinner.rb
+++ b/lib/pastebinner.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # 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'
+require 'json'
 
 class Pastebinner
  attr_accessor :api_dev_key, :username, :password
@@ -107,6 +108,12 @@ class Pastebinner
         url: @scraping_api_url + ENDPOINTS[:scraping])
     end
 
+    # will extract just the keys from recent public pastes
+    def get_unique_paste_keys(public_pastes)
+      pp = JSON.parse(public_pastes)
+      pp.map {|p| {'key': p['key']}}
+    end
+
     def raw_paste_data(unique_paste_key)
       response = RestClient::Request.execute(
         method: :get,
@@ -132,29 +139,3 @@ class Pastebinner
     # make my own exception class
     # inherit ruby standard error class
   end
-
-######################## TESTING ####################################################
-#####################################################################################
-
-#### INITIAL STEPS
-
-# setup our object and grab a session key
-pb =  Pastebinner.new(ENV['pastebin_api_key'], ENV['pastebin_username'], ENV['pastebin_password'])
-api_dev_key = ENV['pastebin_api_key']
-
-#### CREATE PASTE
-# prepare some sample paste data to send
-#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 }
-#puts pb.create_paste(params)
-
-#### SCRAPE PUBLIC PASTES
-puts pb.scrape_public_pastes
-
-#### SCRAPING - WHITELISTED IP ONLY 
-#### SCRAPE RAW PASTE DATA OF A PASTE KEY
-#puts pb.raw_paste_data('Gkb4ukK9')
-
-#### SCRAPE RAW METADATA OF A PASTE KEY (WORKS WITH WHITELISTED IP ONLY)
-#puts pb.raw_paste_metadata('Gkb4ukK9')