Snekbox: limit paste service uploads to 1000 characters

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/snekbox.py b/bot/cogs/snekbox.py
index e10c6c2aa..0f8d3e4b6 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/snekbox.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/snekbox.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ RAW_CODE_REGEX = re.compile(
 )
 
 BYPASS_ROLES = (Roles.owner, Roles.admin, Roles.moderator, Roles.helpers)
+MAX_PASTE_LEN = 1000
 
 
 class Snekbox:
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ class Snekbox:
         """Upload the eval output to a paste service and return a URL to it if successful."""
         log.trace("Uploading full output to paste service...")
 
+        if len(output) > MAX_PASTE_LEN:
+            log.info("Full output is too long to upload")
+            return "too long to upload"
+
         url = URLs.paste_service.format(key="documents")
         try:
             async with self.bot.http_session.post(url, data=output, raise_for_status=True) as resp:
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ class Snekbox:
             if "key" in data:
                 return URLs.paste_service.format(key=data["key"])
         except Exception:
-            # 400 (Bad Request) means the data is too large
+            # 400 (Bad Request) means there are too many characters
             log.exception("Failed to upload full output to paste service!")
 
     @staticmethod