# libtmux.Server.show_buffer

- **Module:** libtmux.Server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/036c521c4b83ce6e434eb50afe2a0d08a6a05e46/src/libtmux/server.py#L1846
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/py/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'
```