CLI#

Mainflux CLI makes it easy to manage users, things, profiles, groups, orgs, webhooks and messages.

CLI can be downloaded as separate asset from project realeses or it can be built with GNU Make tool:

Get the mainflux code

go get github.com/MainfluxLabs/mainflux

Build the mainfluxlabs-cli

make cli

which will build mainfluxlabs-cli in <project_root>/build folder.

Executing build/mainfluxlabs-cli without any arguments will output help with all available commands and flags:

Usage:
  mainfluxlabs-cli [command]

Available Commands:
  profiles    Profiles management
  help        Help about any command
  messages    Send or read messages
  provision   Create things and profiles from a config file
  things      Things management
  groups      Groups management
  group_roles Group roles management
  orgs        Organizations management
  webhooks    Webhooks management
  users       Users management
  health      Mainflux Things service health check

Flags:
  -c, --content-type string    Mainflux message content type (default "application/senml+json")
  -h, --help                   help for mainflux-cli
  -a, --http-prefix string     Mainflux http adapter prefix (default "http")
  -i, --insecure               Do not check for TLS cert
  -l, --limit uint             limit query parameter (default 100)
  -m, --mainflux-url string    Mainflux host URL (default "http://localhost")
  -o, --offset uint            offset query parameter
  -t, --things-prefix string   Mainflux things service prefix
  -u, --users-prefix string    Mainflux users service prefix

Use "mainfluxlabs-cli [command] --help" for more information about a command.

It is also possible to use the docker image mainflux/cli to execute CLI command:

docker run -it --rm mainflux/cli -m http://<IP_SERVER> [command]

You can execute each command with -h flag for more information about that command, e.g.

mainflux-cli profiles -h

will get you usage info:

Profiles management: create, get, update or delete Profiles and get Profile by Thing

Usage:
  mainfluxlabs-cli profiles [flags]
  mainfluxlabs-cli profiles [command]

Available Commands:
  create      create <JSON_profile> <group_id> <user_token>
  delete      delete <profile_id> <user_token>
  get         get [all | thing | by-id] <user_token> <id>
  update      update <JSON_string> <profile_id> <user_token>

Service#

Get Mainflux Things services health check#

mainfluxlabs-cli health

Users management#

Create User#

Within Mainflux, the admin creates users. The <user_token> is required because the token is used to verify that the requester is admin or not. For more details, please see Authorization page.

  mainfluxlabs-cli users create <user_email> <user_password> <user_token>

Login User#

mainfluxlabs-cli users token <user_email> <user_password>

Retrieve User#

mainfluxlabs-cli users get <user_token>

Update User Metadata#

mainfluxlabs-cli users update '{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2"}' <user_token>

Update User Password#

mainfluxlabs-cli users password <old_password> <password> <user_token>

System Provisioning#

Provision Things#

mainfluxlabs-cli provision things <file> <user_token>
  • file - A CSV or JSON file containing things (must have extension .csv or .json)
  • user_token - A valid user auth token for the current system

Provision Profiles#

mainfluxlabs-cli provision profiles <file> <user_token>
  • file - A CSV or JSON file containing profiles
  • user_token - A valid user auth token for the current system

Things#

Create Thing#

mainfluxlabs-cli things create '{"name":"<thing_name>","profile_id":"<profile_id>"}' <group_id> <user_token>

Create Thing with metadata#

mainfluxlabs-cli things create '{"name":"<thing_name>","profile_id":"<profile_id>","metadata": {\"key1\":\"value1\"}}' <group_id> <user_token>

Update Thing#

mainfluxlabs-cli things update '{"name":"<new_name>","profile_id":"<profile_id>"}' <thing_id> <user_token>

Remove Thing#

mainfluxlabs-cli things delete <thing_id> <user_token>

Retrieve a subset list of provisioned Things#

mainfluxlabs-cli things get all --offset=1 --limit=5 <user_token>

Retrieve Thing By ID#

mainfluxlabs-cli things get <thing_id> <user_token>

Retrieve Metadata By Key#

mainfluxlabs-cli things metadata <thing_key>

Profiles#

Create Profile#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles create '{"name":"<profile_name>"}' <group_id> <user_token>

Update Profile#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles update '{"name":"<new_name>"}' <profile_id> <user_token>

Remove Profile#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles delete <profile_id> <user_token>

Retrieve a subset list of provisioned Profiles#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles get all --offset=1 --limit=5 <user_token>

Retrieve Profile By ID#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles get <profile_id> <user_token>

Retrieve a Profile by Thing#

mainfluxlabs-cli profiles thing <thing_id> <user_token>

Retrieve a subset list of Things by Profile#

mainfluxlabs-cli things profile <profile_id> <user_token>

Messaging#

Send a message over HTTP#

mainfluxlabs-cli messages send '[{"bn":"Dev1","n":"temp","v":20}, {"n":"hum","v":40}, {"bn":"Dev2", "n":"temp","v":20}, {"n":"hum","v":40}]' <thing_auth_token>

Read messages over HTTP#

mainfluxlabs-cli messages read <thing_auth_token>

Groups#

Create new Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups create '{"name":"<group_name>","description":"<description>","metadata":{"key":"value",...}}' <org_id> <user_token>

Delete Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups delete <group_id> <user_token>

Get Group by ID#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups get <group_id> <user_token>

List all Groups#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups get all <user_token>

Update Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups update '{"name":"<new_name>"}' <group_id> <user_token>

List Things by Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups things <group_id> <user_token>

View Group by Thing#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups thing <thing_id> <user_token>

List Profiles by Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups profiles <group_id> <user_token>

View Group by Profile#

mainfluxlabs-cli groups profile <profile_id> <user_token>

Orgs#

Create new Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs create '{"name":"<org_name>","description":"<description>","metadata":{"key":"value",...}}' <user_token>

Get Org by ID#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs get <org_id> <user_token>

List all Orgs#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs get all <user_token>

Update Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs update '{"name":"<new_name>"}' <org_id> <user_token>

Delete Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs delete <org_id> <user_token>

Assign User to an Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs assign '[{"member_id":"<member_id>","email":"<email>","role":"<role>"}]' <org_id> <user_token>

Unassign User from Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs unassign '["<member_id>"]' <org_id> <user_token>

Update Members#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs update-members '[{"member_id":"<member_id>","role":"<new_role>"}]' <org_id> <user_token>

List Users by Org#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs members <org_id> <user_token>

List Orgs that User belongs to#

mainfluxlabs-cli orgs memberships <member_id> <user_token>

Webhooks#

Create new Webhooks#

mainfluxlabs-cli webhooks create '[{"name":"<webhook_name>","url":"<http://webhook-url.com>","headers":{"key":"value",...}}]' <group_id> <user_token>

Get Webhook by ID#

mainfluxlabs-cli webhooks get by-id <id> <user_token>

Get Webhooks by Group#

mainfluxlabs-cli webhooks get group <group_id> <user_token>

Update Webhook#

mainfluxlabs-cli webhooks update '{"name":"<new_name>","url":"<http://webhook-url.com>"}' <webhook_id> <user_token>

Delete Webhooks#

mainfluxlabs-cli webhooks delete '["<webhook_id>"]' <group_id> <user_token>

Keys management#

Issue a new Key#

mainfluxlabs-cli keys issue <duration> <user_token>

Remove API key from database#

mainfluxlabs-cli keys revoke <key_id> <user_token>

Retrieve API key with given id#

mainfluxlabs-cli keys retrieve <key_id> <user_token>