# libtmux.Server.show_buffer

- **Module:** libtmux.Server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/9fdd083a8181a827889337b63cd4e6daea661a8c/src/libtmux/server.py#L1846
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-show_buffer/

```
libtmux.Server.show_buffer(self, buffer_name: str | None = None) -> str
```

Show content of a paste buffer via ``$ tmux show-buffer``.

## Parameters

- `self`
- `buffer_name` (str | None): Name of the buffer (``-b`` flag). Defaults to the most recent.

## Returns

str
    Buffer content.

## Example

```python
>>> server.set_buffer('test_data')
>>> server.show_buffer()
'test_data'
```