Command Line Utility - Hydrus

This page explains in detail the usage of the command line utility of hydrus.

Table of contents

• Using the CLI
• CLI Options
  • –adduser / -u
  • –api / -a
  • –auth / –no-auth
  • –dburl / -b
  • –hydradoc / -d
  • –port / -p
  • –serverurl / -s
  • –token / –no-token
• CLI Aguments
  • serve
• Example Server Setup

Using the CLI

The serve command starts the server. Using hydrus serve from the terminal simply fires up the server with the following default values:

--adduser: tuple([1, "test"])
--api: "serverapi"
--auth/--no-auth: True
--dburl: "sqlite:///:memory:"
--hydradoc: "doc.jsonld"
--port: 8080
--serverurl: "http://localhost/"
--token/--no-token: True

Options

–adduser / -u

Adds a new user to the API with the given username and passphrase.

Syntax:
--adduser <username (integer)> <passphrase (text)>

or

-u <username (integer)> <passphrase (text)>

–api / -a

Sets a custom API name.

Syntax:
--api <API Name (text)>

or

-a <API Name (text)>

–auth / –no-auth

Enables/Disables the user authentication for the API.

Syntax:
--auth

or

--no-auth

–dburl / -b

Sets the database URL for the API.

Syntax:
--dburl <DB URL (text/url)>

or

-b <DB URL (text/url)>

–hydradoc / -d

Sets the location to HydraDocumentation (in jsonld) for the server.

Syntax:
--hydradoc <Link to file (text)>

or

-d <Link to file (text)>

–port / -p

Sets the port for the API server.

Syntax:
--port <Port number (integer)>

or

-p <Port number (integer)>

–serverurl / -s

Sets the URL for the server to be hosted at.

Syntax:
--serverurl <URL (text/url)>

or

-s <URL (text/url)>

–token / –no-token

Enables/Disables the user token for the API.

Syntax:
--token

or

--no-token

Arguments

serve: Fires up the server with the given options, or using default values.

Example Server Setup

Setting up a server with custom options can be done as follows:

hydrus serve --api hydrus --port 9000 --adduser 1 test2