### use curl to post any data and receive a short url as the response
### curl works on Linux, macOS, and Windows!

$ echo Something awesome! | curl --data-binary @- https://xi.pe/
https://xi.pe/abcd
$ echo Something awesome with long key! | curl --data-binary @- https://xi.pe/?long
https://xi.pe/wZu6D7CiXJNrt9ZnYTYhyt3

### get the data back with a curl GET

$ curl https://xi.pe/abcd
Something awesome!

### alias this for convenience

$ alias xipe='curl --data-binary @- https://xi.pe/'
$ echo Something awesome! | xipe
https://xi.pe/efgh