NAME

matrixtool client - Commandline client utilities for a Matrix homeserver

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client login @username:example.com
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This command provides a commandline interface to various client APIs on a Matrix homeserver. It has various sub-commands that provide particular functionality, along with some common options between them.

These sub-commands offers a convenience over using simpler tools like curl directly because they will automatically fill in details like access tokens and server hostnames, when given a user-id argument. This works by storing a cache of access tokens in the user's home directory, under .matrix/client-tokens.

By using the matrixtool client login command you can add an access token for your user account into this cache:

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client login @me:example.com
Password:
[OK] Obtained access token
            
          

Having logged in, you can now use the -u option to other matrixtool client subcommands, causing it to automatically supply this access token on every request:

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client -u @me:example.com json /_matrix/client/r0/publicRooms
...
            
          

OPTIONS

The following additional options are recognised

--user-id, -u

User ID to supply the access_token of.

--user-id-parameter, -U

User ID to set as the value of the user_id HTTP query parameter. This is usually only useful for controlling application service ghosted users.

--server, -s

Server to connect to. Usually optional, as it is implied by the user-id if provided.

COMMANDS

The following sub-commands are recognised

json

Perform a direct JSON request

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client json PATH [DATA]
            
          

See also App::MatrixTool::Command::client::json.

login

Obtain a client authentication token

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client login USER-ID
            
          

See also App::MatrixTool::Command::client::login.

upload

Upload a file to the media repository

            

              
              
$ matrixtool client upload FILE [TYPE]
            
          

See also App::MatrixTool::Command::client::upload.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>