writeas-cli
Command line utility for publishing to Write.as. Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Features
- Publish anonymously to Write.as
- Authenticate with a Write.as account
- A stable, easy back-end for your GUI app or desktop-based workflow
- Compatible with our Tor hidden service
- Locally keeps track of any posts you make
- Update and delete posts, anonymous and authenticated
- Fetch any post by ID
- Add anonymous post credentials (like for one published with the Android app) for editing
Installing
The easiest way to get the CLI is to download a pre-built executable for your OS.
Download
Get the latest version for your operating system as a standalone executable.
Windows
Download the 64-bit or 32-bit executable and put it somewhere in your %PATH%
.
macOS
Download the 64-bit executable and put it somewhere in your $PATH
, like /usr/local/bin
.
Debian-based Linux
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys DBE07445
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://updates.writeas.org xenial main"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install writeas-cli
Linux (other)
Download the 64-bit or 32-bit executable and put it somewhere in your $PATH
, like /usr/local/bin
.
Go get it
go get github.com/writeas/writeas-cli/cmd/writeas
Once this finishes, you'll see writeas
or writeas.exe
inside $GOPATH/bin/
.
Upgrading
To upgrade the CLI, download and replace the executable you downloaded before.
If you previously installed with go get
, run it again with the -u
option.
go get -u github.com/writeas/writeas-cli/cmd/writeas
Usage
See full usage documentation on our User Guide.
writeas [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
COMMANDS:
post Alias for default action: create post from stdin
new Compose a new post from the command-line and publish
publish Publish a file to Write.as
delete Delete a post
update Update (overwrite) a post
get Read a raw post
add Add an existing post locally
posts List all of your posts
blogs List blogs
claim Claim local unsynced posts
auth Authenticate with Write.as
logout Log out of Write.as
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
-c value, -b value Optional blog to post to
--tor, -t Perform action on Tor hidden service
--tor-port value Use a different port to connect to Tor (default: 9150)
--code Specifies this post is code
--md Returns post URL with Markdown enabled
--verbose, -v Make the operation more talkative
--font value Sets post font to given value (default: "mono")
--lang value Sets post language to given ISO 639-1 language code
--user-agent value Sets the User-Agent for API requests
--host value, -H value Operate against a custom hostname
--user value, -u value Use authenticated user, other than default
--help, -h show help
--version, -V print the version