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1peertube(8) -- companion CLI for PeerTube
2=========================================
3
4SYNOPSIS
5--------
6
7```
8peertube [command] [options]
9```
10
11DESCRIPTION
12-----------
13
14`peertube` wraps various utilities around PeerTube that are used either on a running local, running remote, or cold local instance.
15
16COMMANDS
17--------
18
19Unless otherwise specified, every command can be queried for its own help or manual by passing its name to the `help` command, or by using the `--help` option.
20
21`auth [action]`: stores credentials for your accounts on remote instances so that you don't need to pass them at every command
22
23`upload|up`: upload a video to a remote instance
24
25 $ peertube upload \
26 -u "PEERTUBE_URL" \
27 -U "PEERTUBE_USER" \
28 --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD"
29
30`import-videos|import`: import a video from a streaming platform to a remote instance
31
32 $ peertube import \
33 -u "PEERTUBE_URL" \
34 -U "PEERTUBE_USER" \
35 --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD" \
36 -t "TARGET_URL"
37
38 The target URL can be directly the video file, or any of the supported sites of youtube-dl. The video is downloaded locally and then uploaded. Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection…
39
40`watch|w`: watch a video in the terminal ✩°。⋆
41
42 -g, --gui <player> player type (default: ascii)
43 -i, --invert invert colors (ascii player only)
44 -r, --resolution <res> video resolution (default: 720)
45
46 It provides support for different players:
47
48 - ascii (default ; plays in ascii art in your terminal!)
49 - mpv
50 - mplayer
51 - vlc
52 - stdout
53 - xbmc
54 - airplay
55 - chromecast
56
57`repl`: interact with the application libraries and objects even when PeerTube is not running
58
59 Type .help to see the repl-only functions, or to see the available PeerTube core functions:
60
61 repl> lodash.keys(context)
62
63`help [cmd]`: display help for [cmd]
64
65EXAMPLES
66--------
67
68 $ peertube auth add -u "PEERTUBE_URL" -U "PEERTUBE_USER" --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD"
69 $ peertube up <videoFile>
70 $ peertube watch https://peertube.cpy.re/videos/watch/e8a1af4e-414a-4d58-bfe6-2146eed06d10
71
72SEE ALSO
73--------
74
75[PeerTube Tools Documentation](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/doc/tools.md)
76
77[PeerTube Admin Documentation](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/lang/en/docs/)
78
79REPORTING BUGS
80--------------
81
82See [PeerTube repository](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube).