codimd-cli

A tiny CLI to perform common operations on CodiMD (formerly known as HackMD).

For more background, see the initial discussion on the main codimd repo.

Install

Dependencies:

• A CodiMD server running somewhere
• curl (install via apt install curl or brew install curl on Mac)
• wget (install via apt install wget or brew install wget on Mac)
• jq (install via apt install jq or brew install jq on Mac)

git clone https://github.com/codimd/cli

# Add the following to your ~/.bashrc or shell profile
export PATH=/path/to/codimd-cli/bin:$PATH

# optionally add the CODIMD_SERVER environment variable to specify a server
# it defaults to 127.0.0.1:3000
export CODIMD_SERVER='https://codimd.example.com'  

# Test by creating a new note
codimd import test.md

Documentation

Create/import a new note

codimd import test.md                   # takes a markdown file
qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ                  # returns <note_id> on success

Create/import a new note with a given alias

This requires that the server has the FreeURL mode enabled.

codimd import-as note-alias test.md     # takes a markdown file
note-alias                              # returns the alias on success

Publish an existing note

codimd publish qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ   # takes a <note_id>
/s/S1ok9no3f                            # returns publish url

Export an existing note

codimd export --pdf qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ my_note.pdf
codimd export --md qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ my_note.md
codimd export --html qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ my_note.html
codimd export --slides qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ my_slides.zip

Note: you must specify the filename to export to as the second argument (with a correct extension), as the CodiMD CLI cannot determine the title of the note on its own.

Authenticate and get notes history

# optionally add the CODIMD_COOKIES_FILE environment variable to specify
# where cookies will be stored. It defaults to ~/.config/codimd-cli/key.conf
export CODIMD_COOKIES_FILE=~/.codimd-key.conf

Authenticate with email

codimd login --email [email protected] p4sW0rD  # takes an email and a password

Authenticate with LDAP

codimd login --ldap username p4sW0rD  # takes a username and a password

Get auth status, history, and logout

codimd profile
You are logged in $CODIMD_SERVER as email with id xxxx-xx[...]xxx.

codimd history
ID                      Name
0nAp3YRyTlyQ-N3N7lCk-w  Note_1
qhmNmwmxSmK1H2oJmkKBQQ  Note_2

codimd logout

API Endpoints

These server endpoints are used by this project and can be unstable and undocumented, but may be of use if you're developing your own projects that need API access to CodiMD.

• https://<codimd_server>/login
• https://<codimd_server>/logout
• https://<codimd_server>/me
• https://<codimd_server>/history (requires auth)
• https://<codimd_server>/new
• https://<codimd_server>/new/<alias>
• https://<codimd_server>/<note_id>/publish
• https://<codimd_server>/<note_id>/download
• https://<codimd_server>/<note_id>/pdf
• https://<codimd_server>/<note_id>/slide

Help contribute!

We'd love a PR for any one of these commands!

• codimd edit <note_id> < new_content.md
• codimd inviteuser <email_to_invite>
• codimd chmod <permissions> <note_id>
• codimd chown <user> <note_id>
• codimd delete <note_id>
• codimd list --all list all notes on the server by id: title
• codimd list <user_email> list notes for a given user by id: title
• codimd search <query> find a note ids matching a given query

Inspiration

If you want to build something with this CLI, here are some ideas that the community has requested:

Import/Export:

• Tests for CodiMD: write some easy tests with the codimd-cli
• Saving to local filesystem: this is easy with ./codimd export
• Export to PDF: ./codimd export --pdf <note_id> <output.pdf> bam.
• Arbitrary file upload: we should support this with ./codimd import <file.extension>
• Export slides as PDF & hackmdio/codimd#545: we should add this to ./codimd export --slides once it's ready
• Show all files in database: ./codimd list --all
• Import/export file in GitHub repository: wget <file from github> > file.md; ./codimd import file.md
• API to download HTML: works already ./codimd export --html <note_id> note.html
• CLI for adding new note: can be documented in the README with hackmd command
• "Takeout" feature: ability to download all user data with ./codimd export

Permission management:

• Support permission of invitee only: ./codimd inviteuser --permissions r <user_email> could work by first chmod and chowning the note, then sending an email invite to that note
• Find the notes by the owner: ./codimd list <user_email> works as a rudimentary API to do this form the command line
• Add user administration: setup a script that creates all the users & their notes from .md files on disk, chown & chmods them to their proper permissions, then invites all the users to join. Would be possible to run this on a timer to do regularly as well.

Sync backends:

• Import/Export with Github: trigger ./codimd import|export script via timer or webhook upon github file modification
• Import/Export with Evernote: same deal as github/dropbox sync, write a script with import/export
• Support for ownCloud: same deal as github/dropbox sync, write a script with import/export
• Support auto sync with dropbox: write a script that does a full import and export or merge in whatever direction desired
• Support auto sync with Google Drive: write a script that does a full import and export or merge in whatever direction desired