fingi

FINGI-CLI

Installation

You will need node v0.10.21 and npm v1.3.11 (comes with node) or a more recent version in order to start using it.

Once you have node and npm on your machine, install with:

$ npm install -g fingi

Or just add sudo if you need root access:

$ sudo npm install -g fingi

This should installs you a fingi script in your $PATH. The script also creates a lmdb database at $HOME/.fingi for storing device credentitals for convenience.

Cleaning / Uninstallation.

Remove the $HOME/.fingi folder from your machine to start over with a fresh installation.

Uninstalls by simply removing the module from your global install:

$ npm rm -g fingi

ENVIRONMENT

You can switch between staging and production environment by exporting a NODE_ENV environment variable before running the command:

$ NODE_ENV=staging fingi connect cli-test # connects cli-test to staging node
$ NODE_ENV=production fingi connect cli-test # connects cli-test to production node

Or you can set the env configuration key directly so the CLI use the given environment by default.

$ fingi set env production # always works with production configuration.

COMMANDS

fingi help [command]

Shows the help, obviously.

fingi register device-id

Sends an HTTP register POST message to the Fingi Operational Services server to obtain authentication information for the specified device-id. The device must be added to the FOS first before this call will work.

Afterwards, the command will saves the returned authorization token and secret for you automatically for use with other commands.

fingi auth device-id auth-token auth-secret

Alternatively, you can set the authorization token and secret to use with the specified device-id directly by using this command.

fingi connect [device-id]

Connects to the Fingi messsaging hub over an SSL connection. If a device-id is specified and there is authorization information saved for it previously, then an IDENTIIFY line is constructed and sent automatically for you to authorizes the connection as soon as it is established.

Omit the device-id to connects manually or experiment in unauthorized connection mode.

After the connection is established, typing into STDIN will send it directly to the hub. Type QUIT to terminate the connection.

fingi show

Shows everything that's saved into your local database.

fingi show (key|device-id)

Shows information about device-id or the specified key that is saved in your local database.

fingi get key

Prints the raw value of the specified key from your local database.

fingi set key value

Saves the given value to the specified key in your local database. value is automatically converted to JSON when possible.

fingi rm key

Removes a key from your local database. You can use this to remove information about device you no longer need or to reset configuration to default, for example.

LICENSE

MIT. See the LICENSE file for the full text.