hedera-cli-py

Hedera CLI in Python

Howto video

Install

pip install hedera-cli

How to Use

Just run:

hedera-cli

Since hedera-cli depends on hedera-sdk-py, which requires Java >= 11, please make sure your JAVA_HOME environment is set up correctly.

You can run setup inside hedera-cli and enter your account ID and private key. You can also put them in an .env file to be read automatically at hedera-cli startup. To use a different env file, just use the filename as the argument for hedera-cli. For example:

hedera-cli mainnet.env

A sample env file sample.env is provided.

commands

Type ? or help for a list of commands. Type ?command for help on a specific command, for example ?topic.

setup

Set up the client.

account

account create  (create an account, account id and privatekey will be printed)

account info [accoun_id]  (get account info for current account if no accountId is provided,
                           or for a different account if accountId is provided)

account balance [account_id]  (get account balance for current account if no accountId,
                               or for a different account if accountId is provided)

account delete account_id  (delete the account identified by accountId.
                                you will be prompted for that account's private key)

file

file create [file_path]
file info file_id
file contents file_id
file append file_id [file_path]
file delete file_id

send

send  (no argument, you will prompted for recipient account and amount)

topic

topic create [memo]  (create a topic with an optional memo)
topic info topic_id  (get info about a topic)
topic send topic_id message [[message]]  (send message to topic_id)
topic get topic_id [sequence_number]  (get topic message(s).  If you specify a sequence_number,
                                       you get one message, otherwise, you get all the messages on the topic)

keygen

Create a key pair.

network

Switch network

exit

Exit the CLI