less-cli is a CLI tool that allow you to deploy your Less projects to AWS while providing several other tools to facilitate your interaction with Less.

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Commands

register

To start using LESS, first you must create your account, you can do this using the command register.

$ less-cli register

Example:

$ less-cli register

[less-cli] Enter your name: Cesaria Evora
[less-cli] Enter your email: [email protected]
[less-cli] Enter your password: ************
[less-cli] Enter the verification code sent to your email: ******
[less-cli] Account verified! Please check your email for your Less credentials.

login

After your account being created you need to sign in in order to retrieve your LESS token that will enable you to use all the rest of the commands. To do this you need to use the command login.

Note: The LESS token will be exported to your environment variables

$ less-cli login

Example:

$ less-cli login

[less-cli] Enter your email: [email protected]
[less-cli] Enter your password: ************
[less-cli] Login successful! Your LESS_TOKEN has been exported to your environment.

forgot-password

If you've forgotten your password, this command enables you to recover it by sending a verification code to your email, which is then required to change your password.

To initiate the password recovery process, use the command forgot-password.

$ less-cli forgot-password

Example:

$ less-cli forgot-password

[less-cli] Enter your email: [email protected]
[less-cli] Enter the verification code sent to your email: ******
[less-cli] Enter new password: ************
[less-cli] Password reset successfully.

deploy

The deploy command allow you to deploy your Less project to AWS.

$ less-cli deploy <projectName>

Example:

$ less-cli deploy my-application

[less] Building... ⚙️
[less] Build complete ✅
[less] Deploying... 🚀
[less] Deployment complete ✅
[less] Resources
[less]   - API URLs
[less]     - chat: https://a2m1n3.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
[less]     - webhooks: https://n2s9n5.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
[less]   - Web Socket URLs
[less]     - realtime_chat: wss://10l06n.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
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Parameters

<projectName> The name of your Less project.

Note: Supports alphanumeric characters and "-".

Options

--static <static-website-name>

Less also allow you to deploy your static websites, with the option --static that proceedes the deploy command.

$ less-cli deploy --static <static-website-name>

Example:

$ less-cli deploy --static my-application

[less] Building... ⚙️
[less] Build complete ✅
[less] Deploying... 🚀
[less] Deployment complete ✅
[less] Resources
[less] 	 - Websites URLs
[less] 	   - http://my-application-demo-website.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
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list

The list command allow you to fetch and list all your projects deployed to AWS.

$ less-cli list

Example:

$ less-cli list

ID: demo-api
Created At: 2023-11-14T12:20:51.828Z
Updated At: 2023-11-14T13:38:00.619Z

ID: ping
Created At: 2023-11-09T20:20:42.183Z
Updated At: 2023-11-10T11:41:38.740Z

ID: samba
Created At: 2023-11-04T11:44:39.595Z
Updated At: 2023-11-08T11:44:45.850Z

delete

The delete command allow you to delete a project deployed to AWS.

$ less-cli delete <projectName>

Example:

$ less-cli delete my-api

[less-cli] The process has started. Wait a few minutes and list the projects to see the changes.

Parameters

<projectName>
The name of your Less project.

Note: Supports alphanumeric characters and "-".

list resources

The command list resources allow you to list your project resources after you deployed it. On this list includes your apis and websockets endpoints.

$ less-cli list resources <projectName>

Example:

$ less-cli list resources my-api

[less-cli] API URLs
[less-cli]      - Demo: https://3izstmbced.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/production
[less-cli] WEBSOCKET URLs
[less-cli]      - ChatSocketApi: wss://pr9fbdgwve.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/production

Parameters

<projectName>
The name of your Less project.

Note: Supports alphanumeric characters and "-".

log

The command log is used to fetches and logs the function logs based on the specified project and function path.

$ less-cli log --project <projectName> --path <functionPath>

Example:

$ less-cli log --project my-api --path apis/demo/hello/get

2023-11-29 15:00:22.938 START RequestId: 15e6099b-b101-4574-ab62-b848c967ee29 Version: $LATEST
2023-11-29 15:00:22.956 2023-11-29T16:00:22.956Z 15e6099b-b101-4574-ab62-b848c967ee29 ERROR Error: test error
    at Object.process (/var/task/get.js:9:15)
    at Runtime.exports.handler (/var/task/handler_get.js:27:38)
    at Runtime.handleOnceNonStreaming (file:///var/runtime/index.mjs:1173:29)
2023-11-29 15:00:22.997 END RequestId: 15e6099b-b101-4574-ab62-b848c967ee29
2023-11-29 15:00:22.997 REPORT RequestId: 15e6099b-b101-4574-ab62-b848c967ee29 Duration: 58.87 ms Billed Duration: 59 ms Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 58 MB Init Duration: 177.97 ms 
2023-11-29 15:00:28.006 2023-11-29T16:00:28.006Z 009b82d3-41a6-4b3e-abba-35e6d1628939 ERROR Error: test error
    at Object.process (/var/task/get.js:9:15)
    at Runtime.exports.handler (/var/task/handler_get.js:27:38)
    at Runtime.handleOnceNonStreaming (file:///var/runtime/index.mjs:1173:29)
2023-11-29 15:00:28.006 START RequestId: 009b82d3-41a6-4b3e-abba-35e6d1628939 Version: $LATEST
2023-11-29 15:00:28.017 END RequestId: 009b82d3-41a6-4b3e-abba-35e6d1628939
2023-11-29 15:00:28.017 REPORT RequestId: 009b82d3-41a6-4b3e-abba-35e6d1628939 Duration: 12.37 ms Billed Duration: 13 ms Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 59 MB

Options

The command log requires two options.

--project <projectName> This option allow you to specify the name of your project for which you want to list the logs.

--path <functionPath> This option allow you to specify the path of the function for which you want to see its logs.

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