Configuration options

The following configuration variables may be set in your project’s settings.py file.

Common settings

NPB_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS

Define whether or not anonymous users are allowed to post. Default is “False”.

NPB_DEFAULT_EXPIRATION

Set which expiration duration is selected by default. The value is a pytimeparse duration which is set in NPB_EXPIRATION_LENGTH. Default is the first NPB_EXPIRATION_LENGTH value.

NPB_DEFAULT_EXPIRATION = '1d'

NPB_DEFAULT_EXPOSURE

Default exposure for new pastes. Must be either “public”, “unlisted” or “private”. Default is “public”.

NPB_EDIT_TOLERANCE

Set the tolerance time during which a paste can be edited without being labeled as so. Set to a negative value, it always shows the edit time. Set to a positive value, it represents the number of seconds after the creation time during which edits are not shown. Zero causes an undefined behavior. Default is 1.

NPB_EXPIRATION_LENGTH

Set the allowed expiration duration. It is a list of tuples where the first element if a pytimeparse duration (16 characters maximum) and the second one is the name to be displayed.

NPB_EXPIRATION_LENGTH = [
    ('15m', _('15 minutes')),
    ('1h', _('1 hour')),
    ('1d', _('1 day')),
    ('1w', _('1 week')),
    ('30d', _('30 days')),
    ('365d', _('365 days')),
    ('never', _('never')),
]

NPB_LOGIN_REDIRECT

If “NPB_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS” is “False”, define whether or not anonymous users should be redirected to the login page (“True”) or get a permission denied error (“False”). Default is “True”.

NPB_PASTES_LIST_MAX

Maximum number of posts displayed in the “recent posts” list. Set it to zero if you want to disable the list. Default is 5.

NPB_REPORT_CATEGORIES

Set the list of reasons a paste can be reported to an administrator. It is a list of tuples where the first element if a short identifier (16 characters maximum) and the second one is the name to be displayed.

NPB_REPORT_CATEGORIES = [
    ('illicit', _('illicit content')),
    ('explicit', _('explicit content')),
    ('copyright', _('copyright infrigment')),
    ('private', _('private information exposure')),
    ('other', _('other')),
]

NPB_TAB_SIZE

Set the number of spaces needed to represent a tabulation. Default is 4.

NPB_X_FORWARDED_FOR

Defines how NPB must use the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. The value must be one of the following:

• “none”: Do not use the header at all.
• “first”: Use the first IP listed as the end-user’s one.
• “last”: Use the last IP listed as the end-user’s one.

Default is “none”.

Development settings

NPB_CSS_CLASS

Name of the generated CSS file for syntax highlighting.