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SparkPost Command Line Interface

A command-line interface to SparkPost.

Installation

The easiest way to install the CLI is through npm.

npm install sparkpost-cli -g

You can also clone the github repo and use a symlink.

git clone https://github.com/SparkPost/node-sparkpost-cli.git
cd ./node-sparkpost-cli
npm link

Configuring

To start using the CLI you have to give it an API key associated with your account. You can specify your API key through the environment variable SPARKPOST_API_KEY or the config command.

// using an env variable
export SPARKPOST_API_KEY=MY_SPARKPOST_API_KEY
// using the CLI
sparkpost config --key=MY_SPARKPOST_API_KEY

Getting Help

--help

Use the --help flag on any command to get information about any subcommands and options it takes.

sparkpost inbound-domains --help

Usage: sparkpost inbound-domains <command> [options]

Commands:
  create  create a inbound domain
  delete  delete a inbound domain
  get     get a inbound domain
  list    list inbound domains

Options:
  --version  Show version number  [boolean]
  --help     Show help  [boolean]
  --docs     Open documentation  [boolean]

--docs

On any of the endpoint commands you can use the --docs flag to open up the full documentation in your browser.

sparkpost sending-domains --docs

Basic Commands

For a full list of commands run sparkpost --help.

• sparkpost config - Configure the CLI to your account
• sparkpost account - Get your account information
• sparkpost [endpoint] [command] - Call the specified endpoint and command Supported endpoints include: inbound-domains, message-events, relay-webhooks, sending-domains, subaccounts, webhooks

Tips

• Using an elite account? Set sparkpost config --origin=YOUR_ORIGIN to use the CLI.
• Note: this tool is still young. To migrate your suppression list from SendGrid or Mandrill, please use our other CLI tool. PRs welcome :)

Contributing

We love community contributions. Checkout CONTRIBUTING.md and COMMANDS.md for guides on adding to the CLI.