Archethic Command Line Interpreter

This command line interface enables you to interact with the Archethic's blockchain within the terminal by providing snap features:

• Generate transaction address
• Build & send transaction
• Manage keychain (decentralized wallet)
  • Create and connect to your keychain (decentralized wallet)
  • Build and send transaction from your connected keychain
  • Update your keychain by adding and removing services

Installation

Homebrew (macOs/Linux)

brew install archethic-foundation/tap/archethic

Linux

Download a pre-compiled binary or package from the releases page, using the Latest version

Or install it with go:

go install github.com/archethic-foundation/archethic-cli@v1.2.1

Or just build it yourself (requires Go 1.18+):

git clone https://github.com/archethic-foundation/archethic-cli.git
cd archethic-cli
go build .

On UNIX system, please note that you would need to install a clipboard utility if you want to be able to paste text/code (like xsel, xclip, wl-clipboard or Termux).

Usage

By default the CLI works as TUI (terminal user interface) application allowing the application to be interactive.

TUI

To launch the archetic-cli with a TUI (terminal user interface), you need to call the executable without any flag. You could additionnally pass the --ssh flag (to use ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 or ~/.ssh/id_rsa) or you can pass --ssh-path (with the location of your ssh key file). If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it), and the ssh key will be used as a seed. When launching the Archethic TUI you will access to the main menu that allows you to select an action.

• Generate an address
• Build and send a transaction
  • send uco
  • send tokens
  • interact with smart contract (recipients)
  • add ownerships and secret delegation
  • add abritraty content
  • add smart contract's code
• Manage keychains
  • create a keychain with a given seed
  • access a keychain
  • add and remove services from a keychain
  • send a keychain transaction for a specific service

CLI

It is also possible to call the archethic cli tool using the command line.

Generate address

generate-addressGet the address of a transaction based on parameters

Arguments:

• --seed (string) the seed
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. Can't be set if seed is set.
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. Can't be set if --seed is set.
• --index (integer) index of the transaction
• --hash-algorithm (SHA256|SHA512|SHA3_256|SHA3_512|BLAKE2B) the hash algorithm. Default value is SHA256
• --elliptic-curve (ED25519|P256|SECP256K1) the elliptic curve. The default value is ED25519

Send transaction

send-transaction Send a transaction. It’s also possible to send a transaction for a specific service of a keychain (by passing the service parameter). You can either pass the parameter as flags in the command line or decide to put the parameters in a YAML file and pass the path of the config file using the config flag.

Arguments:

• --config (string) the path of the yaml configuration file (see below for the explanation of the parameters). It is possible to use a combination of configuration with a file and flags (the flags are described below). But if a given value is defined both in the file and a flag, the value from the file will be ignored.
• --endpoint (local|testnet|mainnet|[custom url]) the endpoint to use, you can write your own URL. Default value is local.
• --access-seed(string) the access seed. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic..
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic..
• mnemonic (boolean) enable use of mnemonic (BIP39) for seed. If set a prompt asking for the list of words is displayed (default is false). You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --index (integer) the index of the new transaction. The default value is the last transaction index (which is fetched).
• --elliptic-curve (ED25519|P256|SECP256K1) the elliptic curve. The default value is ED25519
• transaction-type (keychain_access|keychain|transfer|hosting|token|data|contract|code_proposal|code_approval) the transaction type. The default value is transfer.
• --uco-transfer (destinationAddress(string)=amount(float)) the UCO transfers. You can create several UCO transfers in a transaction by passing the uco-transfer flag several times. The amount passed will be multiplied by 10^8.
• --token-transfer (to(string)=amount(float),token_address(string),token_id(integer)) the token transfers. You can create several token transfers in a transaction by passing the token-transfer flag several times. The amount passed will be multiplied by 10^8.
• --recipient (address(string)=json_of_action(string)) a smart contract call. (example: --recipient 000022...FC="{\"action\": \"upgrade\", \"args\": []}"). You can create several by passing the recipient flag several times.
• --ownership (secret(string)=authorization_key(string)) a secret. You can create several by passing the ownership flag several times.
• --content (string) the path of the file containing the content of the transaction.
• --smart-contract (string) the path of the file containing the smart-contract of the transaction.
• --serviceName (string) the name of the service of the keychain. You want to use to create the transaction

YAML configuration file:

The parameters you can use in the YAML file are basically the same, only the format of the ownerships, recipients, token-transfers and uco-transfers changes. Also, regarding the smart-contract and the content parameters, it is the value of the param that is passed (not the path of the file containing the value).

endpoint: local
access_seed: testtest
index: 7
elliptic_curve: ED25519
transaction_type: contract
uco_transfers:
  - to: 0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA
    amount: 1
  - to: 0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA
    amount: 2
token_transfers:
  - to: 0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA
    amount: 1
    token_id: 1
    token_address: 0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA
smart_contract: |
  condition inherit: [
    type: transfer,
      uco_transfers: %{
        "0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA" => 100000000
      }
  ]
  actions triggered_by: interval, at: "0 0 1 * *" do
    set_type transfer
    add_uco_transfer to: "0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA", amount: 100000000
  end
ownerships:
  - secret: testtest
    authorized_keys:
      - 000150D4592BD0AC74BA6B5BAC49E505FB878F14DEED1692E5017ABFEFE49D060B6E
recipients:
  - to: 00002223BBD4EC3D64AE597696C7D7ADE1CEE65C639D885450AD2D7B75592AC76AFA
  - to: 0000D574D171A484F8DEAC2D61FC3F7CC984BEB52465D69B3B5F670090742CBF5CCA
    action: vote
    args_json: |
      ["Jean-Claude"]

Get transaction fee

get-transaction-fee Gets the transaction fee, in the following format {"Fee":16617375,"Rates":{"Eur":0.05518,"Usd":0.0602}}. The flags are the same as those used for the send-transaction command.

Create keychain

create-keychain creates a new keychain

Arguments:

• --endpoint (local|testnet|mainnet|[custom url]) the endpoint to use, you can write your own URL. Default value is local.
• --access-seed(string) the access seed of the keychain. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• mnemonic (boolean) enable use of mnemonic (BIP39) for seed. If set a prompt asking for the list of words is displayed (default is false). You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.

Get keychain

get-keychain access the details of the keychain (list of services)

Arguments:

• --endpoint (local|testnet|mainnet|[custom url]) the endpoint to use, you can write your own URL. Default value is local.
• --access-seed(string) the access seed of the keychain. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• mnemonic (boolean) enable use of mnemonic (BIP39) for seed. If set a prompt asking for the list of words is displayed (default is false). You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.

Add service to keychain

add-service-to-keychain add a service to a keychain

Arguments:

• --endpoint (local|testnet|mainnet|[custom url]) the endpoint to use, you can write your own URL. Default value is local.
• --access-seed(string) the access seed of the keychain. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --service-name (string) the name of the service to add
• --derivation-path (string) the derivation path of the service to add
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• mnemonic (boolean) enable use of mnemonic (BIP39) for seed. If set a prompt asking for the list of words is displayed (default is false). You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.

Delete service from keychain

delete-service-from-keychain delete a service from a keychain

Arguments:

• --endpoint (local|testnet|mainnet|[custom url]) the endpoint to use, you can write your own URL. Default value is local.
• --access-seed(string) the access seed of the keychain. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --service-name (string) the name of the service to delete
• --ssh (bool) enables ssh option for the seed. If the --ssh-path flag is not set, it tries to open the default key files: first ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and if it doesn't exist, then it tries ~/.ssh/id_rsa. If --ssh-path is passed, then provided value is used. If a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• --ssh-path (string) path to ssh key to generate a seed, if a passphrase is needed, a prompt will appear to enter it. You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.
• mnemonic (boolean) enable use of mnemonic (BIP39) for seed. If set a prompt asking for the list of words is displayed (default is false). You can only pass either --access-seed, or a combination of --ssh/--ssh-path or --mnemonic.

License

AGPL-3