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   1 # CLI tools guide
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   5 **Table of Contents**
   6
   7 - [Remote Tools](#remote-tools)
   8   - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
   9   - [Installation](#installation)
  10   - [CLI wrapper](#cli-wrapper)
  11     - [peertube-import-videos.js](#peertube-import-videosjs)
  12     - [peertube-upload.js](#peertube-uploadjs)
  13     - [peertube-watch.js](#peertube-watchjs)
  14     - [peertube-plugins.js](#peertube-pluginsjs)
  15     - [peertube-redundancy.js](#peertube-redundancyjs)
  16 - [Server tools](#server-tools)
  17   - [parse-log](#parse-log)
  18   - [create-transcoding-job.js](#create-transcoding-jobjs)
  19   - [create-import-video-file-job.js](#create-import-video-file-jobjs)
  20   - [prune-storage.js](#prune-storagejs)
  21   - [optimize-old-videos.js](#optimize-old-videosjs)
  22   - [update-host.js](#update-hostjs)
  23   - [reset-password.js](#reset-passwordjs)
  24   - [plugin install/uninstall](#plugin-installuninstall)
  25   - [REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)](#repl-read-eval-print-loop)
  26     - [.help](#help)
  27     - [Lodash example](#lodash-example)
  28     - [YoutubeDL example](#youtubedl-example)
  29     - [Models examples](#models-examples)
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  32
  33 ## Remote Tools
  34
  35 You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script.
  36 Scripts can be launched directly from a PeerTube server, or from a separate server, even a desktop PC.
  37 You need to follow all the following steps even if you are on a PeerTube server (including cloning the git repository in a different directory than your production installation because the scripts utilize non-production dependencies).
  38
  39 ### Dependencies
  40
  41 Install the [PeerTube dependencies](dependencies.md) except PostgreSQL and Redis.
  42
  43 ### Installation
  44
  45 Clone the PeerTube repo to get the latest version (even if you are on your PeerTube server):
  46
  47 ```bash
  48 $ git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git
  49 $ CLONE="$(pwd)/PeerTube"
  50 $ cd ${CLONE}
  51 ```
  52
  53 Install dependencies and build CLI tools:
  54
  55 ```bash
  56 $ NOCLIENT=1 yarn install --pure-lockfile
  57 $ npm run setup:cli
  58 ```
  59
  60 ### CLI wrapper
  61
  62 The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following scripts.
  63 You can access it as `peertube` via an alias in your `.bashrc` like `alias peertube="cd /your/peertube/directory/ && node ./dist/server/tools/peertube.js"` (you have to keep the `cd` command):
  64
  65 ```
  66   Usage: peertube [command] [options]
  67
  68   Options:
  69
  70     -v, --version         output the version number
  71     -h, --help            output usage information
  72
  73   Commands:
  74
  75     auth [action]         register your accounts on remote instances to use them with other commands
  76     upload|up             upload a video
  77     import-videos|import  import a video from a streaming platform
  78     watch|w               watch a video in the terminal ✩°｡⋆
  79     repl                  initiate a REPL to access internals
  80     plugins|p [action]    manage instance plugins
  81     redundancy|r [action] manage video redundancies
  82     help [cmd]            display help for [cmd]
  83 ```
  84
  85 The wrapper can keep track of instances you have an account on. We limit to one account per instance for now.
  86
  87 ```bash
  88 $ peertube auth add -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD'
  89 $ peertube auth list
  90 ┌──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
  91 │ instance                     │ login                        │
  92 ├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
  93 │ 'PEERTUBE_URL'               │ 'PEERTUBE_USER'              │
  94 └──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
  95 ```
  96
  97 You can now use that account to upload videos without feeding the same parameters again.
  98
  99 ```bash
 100 $ peertube up <videoFile>
 101 ```
 102
 103 And now that your video is online, you can watch it from the confort of your terminal (use `peertube watch --help` to see the supported players):
 104
 105 ```bash
 106 $ peertube watch https://peertube.cpy.re/videos/watch/e8a1af4e-414a-4d58-bfe6-2146eed06d10
 107 ```
 108
 109 To list, install, uninstall dynamically plugins/themes of an instance:
 110
 111 ```bash
 112 $ peertube plugins list
 113 $ peertube plugins install --path /local/plugin/path
 114 $ peertube plugins install --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin
 115 $ peertube plugins uninstall --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin
 116 ```
 117
 118 #### peertube-import-videos.js
 119
 120 You can use this script to import videos from all [supported sites of youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) into PeerTube.
 121 Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.
 122
 123 ```sh
 124 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.js \
 125     -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' \
 126     -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' \
 127     --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD' \
 128     --target-url 'TARGET_URL'
 129 ```
 130
 131 * `PEERTUBE_URL` : the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.re
 132 * `PEERTUBE_USER` : your PeerTube account where videos will be uploaded
 133 * `PEERTUBE_PASSWORD` : password of your PeerTube account (if `--password PEERTUBE_PASSWORD` is omitted, you will be prompted for it)
 134 * `TARGET_URL` : the target url you want to import. Examples:
 135   * YouTube:
 136     * Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
 137     * User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
 138     * Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
 139   * Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/xxxxxx
 140   * Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/xxxxx
 141
 142 The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube.
 143 Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...
 144
 145 Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).
 146
 147 **NB**: If you want to synchronize a Youtube channel to your PeerTube instance (ensure you have the agreement from the author),
 148 you can add a [crontab rule](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto) (or an equivalent of your OS) and insert
 149 these rules (ensure to customize them to your needs):
 150
 151 ```
 152 # Update youtube-dl every day at midnight
 153 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/npm rebuild youtube-dl --prefix /PATH/TO/PEERTUBE/
 154
 155 # Synchronize the YT channel every sunday at 22:00 all the videos published since last monday included
 156 0 22 * * 0 /usr/bin/node /PATH/TO/PEERTUBE/dist/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.js -u '__PEERTUBE_URL__' -U '__USER__' --password '__PASSWORD__' --target-url 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/___CHANNEL__' --since $(date --date="-6 days" +%Y-%m-%d)
 157 ```
 158
 159 Also you may want to subscribe to the PeerTube channel in order to manually check the synchronization is successful.
 160
 161 #### peertube-upload.js
 162
 163 You can use this script to import videos directly from the CLI.
 164
 165 Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).
 166
 167 ```bash
 168 $ cd ${CLONE}
 169 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-upload.js --help
 170 ```
 171
 172 #### peertube-watch.js
 173
 174 You can use this script to play videos directly from the CLI.
 175
 176 It provides support for different players:
 177
 178 - ascii (default ; plays in ascii art in your terminal!)
 179 - mpv
 180 - mplayer
 181 - vlc
 182 - stdout
 183 - xbmc
 184 - airplay
 185 - chromecast
 186
 187
 188 #### peertube-plugins.js
 189
 190 Install/update/uninstall or list local or NPM PeerTube plugins:
 191
 192 ```bash
 193 $ cd ${CLONE}
 194 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js --help
 195 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js list --help
 196 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --help
 197 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js update --help
 198 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js uninstall --help
 199
 200 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --path /my/plugin/path
 201 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube-plugins.js install --npm-name peertube-theme-example
 202 ```
 203
 204 #### peertube-redundancy.js
 205
 206 Manage (list/add/remove) video redundancies:
 207
 208 To list your videos that are duplicated by remote instances:
 209
 210 ```bash
 211 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy list-remote-redundancies
 212 ```
 213
 214 To list remote videos that your instance duplicated:
 215
 216 ```bash
 217 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy list-my-redundancies
 218 ```
 219
 220 To duplicate a specific video in your redundancy system:
 221
 222 ```bash
 223 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy add --video 823
 224 ```
 225
 226 To remove a video redundancy:
 227
 228 ```bash
 229 $ node dist/server/tools/peertube.js redundancy remove --video 823
 230 ```
 231
 232 ## Server tools
 233
 234 These scripts should be run on the server, in `peertube-latest` directory.
 235
 236 ### parse-log
 237
 238 To parse PeerTube last log file:
 239
 240 ```bash
 241 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 242 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run parse-log -- --level info
 243 ```
 244
 245 `--level` is optional and could be `info`/`warn`/`error`
 246
 247 ### create-transcoding-job.js
 248
 249 You can use this script to force transcoding of an existing video. PeerTube needs to be running.
 250
 251 To generate transcoding jobs depending on the instance configuration:
 252 ```bash
 253 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 254 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID]
 255 ```
 256
 257 Or to transcode to a specific resolution:
 258 ```bash
 259 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 260 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID] -r [resolution]
 261 ```
 262 The resolution should be an integer (`1080`, `720`, `480`, etc.)
 263
 264 To generate an HLS playlist for a video:
 265
 266 ```bash
 267 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 268 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- --generate-hls -v [videoUUID]
 269 ```
 270
 271 ### create-import-video-file-job.js
 272
 273 You can use this script to import a video file to replace an already uploaded file or to add a new resolution to a video. PeerTube needs to be running.
 274
 275 ```bash
 276 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 277 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-import-video-file-job -- -v [videoUUID] -i [videoFile]
 278 ```
 279
 280 ### prune-storage.js
 281
 282 Some transcoded videos or shutdown at a bad time can leave some unused files on your storage.
 283 Stop PeerTube and delete these files (a confirmation will be demanded first):
 284
 285 ```bash
 286 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 287 $ sudo systemctl stop peertube && sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run prune-storage
 288 ```
 289
 290 ### optimize-old-videos.js
 291
 292 Before version v1.0.0-beta.16, Peertube did not specify a bitrate for the
 293 transcoding of uploaded videos. This means that videos might be encoded into
 294 very large files that are too large for streaming. This script re-transcodes
 295 these videos so that they can be watched properly, even on slow connections.
 296
 297 ```bash
 298 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 299 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run optimize-old-videos
 300 ```
 301
 302
 303 ### update-host.js
 304
 305 **Changing the hostname is unsupported and may be a risky operation, especially if you have already federated.**
 306 If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have
 307 invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database. To fix this, you have
 308 to run the command below (keep in mind your follower instances will NOT update their URLs).
 309
 310 ```bash
 311 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 312 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host
 313 ```
 314
 315 ### reset-password.js
 316
 317 To reset a user password from CLI, run:
 318
 319 ```bash
 320 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 321 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u target_username
 322 ```
 323
 324
 325 ### plugin install/uninstall
 326
 327 The difference with `peertube plugins` CLI is that these scripts can be used even if PeerTube is not running.
 328 If PeerTube is running, you need to restart it for the changes to take effect (whereas with `peertube plugins` CLI, plugins/themes are dynamically loaded on the server).
 329
 330 To install/update a plugin or a theme from the disk:
 331
 332 ```bash
 333 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 334 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:install -- --plugin-path /local/plugin/path
 335 ```
 336
 337 From NPM:
 338
 339 ```bash
 340 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 341 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:install -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin
 342 ```
 343
 344 To uninstall a plugin or a theme:
 345
 346 ```bash
 347 $ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest
 348 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run plugin:uninstall -- --npm-name peertube-plugin-myplugin
 349 ```
 350
 351 ### REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
 352
 353 If you want to interact with the application libraries and objects even when PeerTube is not running, there is a REPL for that.
 354
 355 usage: `node ./dist/server/tools/peertube-repl.js`
 356
 357 "The default evaluator will, by default, assign the result of the most recently evaluated expression to the special variable `_` (underscore). Explicitly setting `_` to a value will disable this behavior."
 358
 359 - type `.help` to list commands available in the repl, notice it starts with a dot
 360 - type `.exit` to exit, note that you still have to press CTRL-C to actually exit, or press CTRL-C (3 times) without typing `.exit` to exit
 361 - type `context` to list all available objects and libraries in the context, note: `Promise` is also available but it's not listed in the context, in case you need promises for something
 362 - type `env` to see the loaded environment variables
 363 - type `path` to access path library
 364 - type `lodash` to access lodash library
 365 - type `uuidv1` to access uuid/v1 library
 366 - type `uuidv3` to access uuid/v3 library
 367 - type `uuidv4` to access uuid/v4 library
 368 - type `uuidv5` to access uuid/v5 library
 369 - type `YoutubeDL` to access youtube-dl library
 370 - type `cli` to access the cli helpers object
 371 - type `logger` to access the logger; if you log to it, it will write to stdout and to the peertube.log file
 372 - type `constants` to access the constants loaded by the server
 373 - type `coreUtils` to access the core-utils helpers object
 374 - type `ffmpegUtils` to access the ffmpeg-utils helpers object
 375 - type `peertubeCryptoUtils` to access the peertube-crypto helpers object
 376 - type `signupUtils` to access the signup helpers object
 377 - type `utils` to access the utils helpers object
 378 - type `YoutubeDLUtils` to access the youtube-dl helpers object
 379 - type `sequelizeTypescript` to access sequelizeTypescript
 380 - type `modelsUtils` to access the models/utils
 381 - type `models` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.models
 382 - type `transaction` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.transaction
 383 - type `query` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.query
 384 - type `queryInterface` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.queryInterface
 385
 386 #### .help
 387
 388 ```
 389 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> .help
 390 .break    Sometimes you get stuck, this gets you out
 391 .clear    Break, and also clear the local context
 392 .editor   Enter editor mode
 393 .exit     Exit the repl
 394 .help     Print this help message
 395 .load     Load JS from a file into the REPL session
 396 .r        Reset REPL
 397 .reset    Reset REPL
 398 .save     Save all evaluated commands in this REPL session to a file
 399 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
 400 ```
 401
 402 #### Lodash example
 403
 404 ```
 405 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> lodash.keys(context)
 406 [ 'global',
 407   'console',
 408   'DTRACE_NET_SERVER_CONNECTION',
 409   'DTRACE_NET_STREAM_END',
 410   'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST',
 411   'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE',
 412   'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST',
 413   'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE',
 414   'process',
 415   'Buffer',
 416   'clearImmediate',
 417   'clearInterval',
 418   'clearTimeout',
 419   'setImmediate',
 420   'setInterval',
 421   'setTimeout',
 422   'XMLHttpRequest',
 423   'compact2string',
 424   'module',
 425   'require',
 426   'path',
 427   'repl',
 428   'context',
 429   'env',
 430   'lodash',
 431   'uuidv1',
 432   'uuidv3',
 433   'uuidv4',
 434   'uuidv5',
 435   'cli',
 436   'logger',
 437   'constants',
 438   'Sequelize',
 439   'sequelizeTypescript',
 440   'modelsUtils',
 441   'models',
 442   'transaction',
 443   'query',
 444   'queryInterface',
 445   'YoutubeDL',
 446   'coreUtils',
 447   'ffmpegUtils',
 448   'peertubeCryptoUtils',
 449   'signupUtils',
 450   'utils',
 451   'YoutubeDLUtils' ]
 452 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
 453 ```
 454
 455 #### YoutubeDL example
 456 ```
 457 YoutubeDL.getInfo('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZN289jjDo', function(err, data) {console.log(err, data)})
 458 ```
 459
 460 #### Models examples
 461 ```
 462 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> new models.ActorModel({id: 3}).getVideoChannel().then(function(data){console.log(data.dataValues.name)})
 463 Promise {
 464   _bitField: 0,
 465   _fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
 466   _rejectionHandler0: undefined,
 467   _promise0: undefined,
 468   _receiver0: undefined }
 469 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> Main root channel
 470 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> let out; new models.UserModel({id: 1}).getAccount().then(function (data) {out = data.dataValues.id})
 471 Promise {
 472   _bitField: 0,
 473   _fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
 474   _rejectionHandler0: undefined,
 475   _promise0: undefined,
 476   _receiver0: undefined }
 477 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> out
 478 2
 479 PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
 480 ```