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Languages

These are the docs for the languages endpoints. Used for getting information about supported languages on PasteMyst, and autodetecting languages based on content.

List all languages​

Lists all of the languages that are supported on PasteMyst.

GET /api/v3/langs
Response​
[
    {
        "name": "Autodetect",
        "type": null,
        "aliases": [
            "autodetect"
        ],
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [],
        "color": null,
        "tmScope": null
    },
    {
        "name": "1C Enterprise",
        "type": "programming",
        "aliases": null,
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [
            ".bsl",
            ".os"
        ],
        "color": "#814CCC",
        "tmScope": "source.bsl"
    },
    {
        "name": "2-Dimensional Array",
        "type": "data",
        "aliases": null,
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [
            ".2da"
        ],
        "color": "#38761D",
        "tmScope": "source.2da"
    },
    {
        "name": "4D",
        "type": "programming",
        "aliases": null,
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [
            ".4dm"
        ],
        "color": "#004289",
        "tmScope": "source.4dm"
    },
    {
        "name": "ABAP",
        "type": "programming",
        "aliases": null,
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [
            ".abap"
        ],
        "color": "#E8274B",
        "tmScope": "source.abap"
    },
    {
        "name": "ABAP CDS",
        "type": "programming",
        "aliases": null,
        "codemirrorMode": null,
        "codemirrorMimeType": null,
        "wrap": false,
        "extensions": [
            ".asddls"
        ],
        "color": "#555e25",
        "tmScope": "source.abapcds"
    },
    // ...
]

Lists the names of only the popular (most commonly used) languages.

GET /api/v3/langs/popular
Response​
[
    "Autodetect",
    "Text",
    "C",
    "C#",
    "C++",
    "CSS",
    "D",
    "Dart",
    "Go",
    "Haskell",
    "HTML",
    "Java",
    "JavaScript",
    "JSON",
    "Kotlin",
    "Markdown",
    "Objective-C",
    "Perl",
    "PHP",
    "PowerShell",
    "Python",
    "Ruby",
    "Rust",
    "Scala",
    "Shell",
    "Swift",
    "TypeScript",
    "Yaml"
]

Get a language by name​

Finds a language by name. For the name it will accept any of the following: name, alias, extension. A name match has the highest priority.

GET /api/v3/langs/:name

Example request: GET /api/v3/langs/ts

Response​
{
    "aliases": [
        "ts"
    ],
    "codemirrorMimeType": "application/typescript",
    "codemirrorMode": "javascript",
    "color": "#3178c6",
    "extensions": [
        ".ts",
        ".cts",
        ".mts"
    ],
    "name": "TypeScript",
    "tmScope": "source.ts",
    "type": "programming",
    "wrap": false
}

Autodetect the language​

Tries to autodetect the language of the provided content.

POST /api/v3/langs/autodetect
Request​
"#include <stdio.h>\n\nint main() {\n\treturn 1;\n}"
Response​
{
    "aliases": null,
    "codemirrorMimeType": "text/x-csrc",
    "codemirrorMode": "clike",
    "color": "#555555",
    "extensions": [
        ".c",
        ".cats",
        ".h",
        ".idc"
    ],
    "name": "C",
    "tmScope": "source.c",
    "type": "programming",
    "wrap": false
}