# CLI tools guide
- - [CLI wrapper](#cli-wrapper)
- - [Remote tools](#remote-tools)
- - [peertube-import-videos.js](#peertube-import-videosjs)
- - [peertube-upload.js](#peertube-uploadjs)
- - [peertube-watch.js](#peertube-watch)
- - [Server tools](#server-tools)
- - [parse-log](#parse-log)
- - [create-transcoding-job.js](#create-transcoding-jobjs)
- - [create-import-video-file-job.js](#create-import-video-file-jobjs)
- - [prune-storage.js](#prune-storagejs)
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+**Table of Contents**
+
+- [CLI wrapper](#cli-wrapper)
+- [Remote Tools](#remote-tools)
+ - [Dependencies](#dependencies)
+ - [Installation](#installation)
+ - [peertube-import-videos.js](#peertube-import-videosjs)
+ - [peertube-upload.js](#peertube-uploadjs)
+ - [peertube-watch.js](#peertube-watchjs)
+- [Server tools](#server-tools)
+ - [parse-log](#parse-log)
+ - [create-transcoding-job.js](#create-transcoding-jobjs)
+ - [create-import-video-file-job.js](#create-import-video-file-jobjs)
+ - [prune-storage.js](#prune-storagejs)
+ - [optimize-old-videos.js](#optimize-old-videosjs)
+ - [update-host.js](#update-hostjs)
+ - [REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)](#repl-read-eval-print-loop)
+ - [.help](#help)
+ - [Lodash example](#lodash-example)
+ - [YoutubeDL example](#youtubedl-example)
+ - [Models examples](#models-examples)
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## CLI wrapper
upload|up upload a video
import-videos|import import a video from a streaming platform
watch|w watch a video in the terminal ✩°。⋆
+ repl initiate a REPL to access internals
help [cmd] display help for [cmd]
```
### create-transcoding-job.js
-You can use this script to force transcoding of an existing video.
+You can use this script to force transcoding of an existing video. PeerTube needs to be running.
```
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID]
### create-import-video-file-job.js
-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.
+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.
```
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-import-video-file-job -- -v [videoUUID] -i [videoFile]
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run prune-storage
```
+### optimize-old-videos.js
+
+Before version v1.0.0-beta.16, Peertube did not specify a bitrate for the
+transcoding of uploaded videos. This means that videos might be encoded into
+very large files that are too large for streaming. This script re-transcodes
+these videos so that they can be watched properly, even on slow connections.
+
+```
+$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run optimize-old-videos
+```
+
+
### update-host.js
-If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database.
-To fix this, you have to run:
+If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have
+invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database. To fix this, you have
+to run:
```
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host
```
+
+### REPL ([Read Eval Print Loop](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v8.x/api/repl.html))
+
+If you want to interact with the application libraries and objects even when PeerTube is not running, there is a REPL for that.
+
+usage: `node ./dist/server/tools/peertube-repl.js`
+
+"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."
+
+- type `.help` to list commands available in the repl, notice it starts with a dot
+- 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
+- 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
+- type `env` to see the loaded environment variables
+- type `path` to access path library
+- type `lodash` to access lodash library
+- type `uuidv1` to access uuid/v1 library
+- type `uuidv3` to access uuid/v3 library
+- type `uuidv4` to access uuid/v4 library
+- type `uuidv5` to access uuid/v5 library
+- type `YoutubeDL` to access youtube-dl library
+- type `cli` to access the cli helpers object
+- type `logger` to access the logger; if you log to it, it will write to stdout and to the peertube.log file
+- type `constants` to access the constants loaded by the server
+- type `coreUtils` to access the core-utils helpers object
+- type `ffmpegUtils` to access the ffmpeg-utils helpers object
+- type `peertubeCryptoUtils` to access the peertube-crypto helpers object
+- type `signupUtils` to access the signup helpers object
+- type `utils` to access the utils helpers object
+- type `YoutubeDLUtils` to access the youtube-dl helpers object
+- type `sequelizeTypescript` to access sequelizeTypescript
+- type `modelsUtils` to access the models/utils
+- type `models` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.models
+- type `transaction` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.transaction
+- type `query` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.query
+- type `queryInterface` to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.queryInterface
+
+#### .help
+
+```
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> .help
+.break Sometimes you get stuck, this gets you out
+.clear Break, and also clear the local context
+.editor Enter editor mode
+.exit Exit the repl
+.help Print this help message
+.load Load JS from a file into the REPL session
+.r Reset REPL
+.reset Reset REPL
+.save Save all evaluated commands in this REPL session to a file
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
+```
+
+#### Lodash example
+
+```
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> lodash.keys(context)
+[ 'global',
+ 'console',
+ 'DTRACE_NET_SERVER_CONNECTION',
+ 'DTRACE_NET_STREAM_END',
+ 'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST',
+ 'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE',
+ 'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST',
+ 'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE',
+ 'process',
+ 'Buffer',
+ 'clearImmediate',
+ 'clearInterval',
+ 'clearTimeout',
+ 'setImmediate',
+ 'setInterval',
+ 'setTimeout',
+ 'XMLHttpRequest',
+ 'compact2string',
+ 'module',
+ 'require',
+ 'path',
+ 'repl',
+ 'context',
+ 'env',
+ 'lodash',
+ 'uuidv1',
+ 'uuidv3',
+ 'uuidv4',
+ 'uuidv5',
+ 'cli',
+ 'logger',
+ 'constants',
+ 'Sequelize',
+ 'sequelizeTypescript',
+ 'modelsUtils',
+ 'models',
+ 'transaction',
+ 'query',
+ 'queryInterface',
+ 'YoutubeDL',
+ 'coreUtils',
+ 'ffmpegUtils',
+ 'peertubeCryptoUtils',
+ 'signupUtils',
+ 'utils',
+ 'YoutubeDLUtils' ]
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
+```
+
+#### YoutubeDL example
+```
+YoutubeDL.getInfo('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZN289jjDo', function(err, data) {console.log(err, data)})
+```
+
+#### Models examples
+```
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> new models.ActorModel({id: 3}).getVideoChannel().then(function(data){console.log(data.dataValues.name)})
+Promise {
+ _bitField: 0,
+ _fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
+ _rejectionHandler0: undefined,
+ _promise0: undefined,
+ _receiver0: undefined }
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> Main root channel
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> let out; new models.UserModel({id: 1}).getAccount().then(function (data) {out = data.dataValues.id})
+Promise {
+ _bitField: 0,
+ _fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
+ _rejectionHandler0: undefined,
+ _promise0: undefined,
+ _receiver0: undefined }
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> out
+2
+PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
+```