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CLI tools guide
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Remote Tools
You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script. Scripts can be launched directly from a PeerTube server, or from a separate server, even a desktop PC. You need to follow all the following steps even if you are on a PeerTube server (including cloning the git repository in a different directory than your production installation because the scripts utilize non-production dependencies).
Dependencies
Install the PeerTube dependencies except PostgreSQL and Redis. PeerTube only supports NodeJS 8.x or 10.x.
Installation
Clone the PeerTube repo to get the latest version (even if you are on your PeerTube server):
$ git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git
$ CLONE="$(pwd)/PeerTube"
$ cd ${CLONE}
Install dependencies and build CLI tools:
$ NOCLIENT=1 yarn install --pure-lockfile
$ npm run setup:cli
CLI wrapper
The wrapper provides a convenient interface to the following scripts.
You can access it as peertube
via an alias in your .bashrc
like alias peertube="cd /your/peertube/directory/ && node ./dist/server/tools/peertube.js"
(you have to keep the cd
command):
Usage: peertube [command] [options]
Options:
-v, --version output the version number
-h, --help output usage information
Commands:
auth [action] register your accounts on remote instances to use them with other commands
upload|up upload a video
import-videos|import import a video from a streaming platform
watch|w watch a video in the terminal ✩°。⋆
repl initiate a REPL to access internals
help [cmd] display help for [cmd]
The wrapper can keep track of instances you have an account on. We limit to one account per instance for now.
$ peertube auth add -u 'PEERTUBE_URL' -U 'PEERTUBE_USER' --password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD'
$ peertube auth list
┌──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ instance │ login │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ 'PEERTUBE_URL' │ 'PEERTUBE_USER' │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
You can now use that account to upload videos without feeding the same parameters again.
$ peertube up <videoFile>
And now that your video is online, you can watch it from the confort of your terminal (use peertube watch --help
to see the supported players):
$ peertube watch https://peertube.cpy.re/videos/watch/e8a1af4e-414a-4d58-bfe6-2146eed06d10
peertube-import-videos.js
You can use this script to import videos from all supported sites of youtube-dl into PeerTube.
Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-import-videos.js \
-u 'PEERTUBE_URL' \
-U 'PEERTUBE_USER' \
--password 'PEERTUBE_PASSWORD' \
-t 'TARGET_URL'
PEERTUBE_URL
: the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.rePEERTUBE_USER
: your PeerTube account where videos will be uploadedPEERTUBE_PASSWORD
: password of your PeerTube account (if--password PEERTUBE_PASSWORD
is omitted, you will be prompted for it)TARGET_URL
: the target url you want to import. Examples:- YouTube:
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/xxxxxx
- Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/xxxxx
The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube. Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...
Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).
peertube-upload.js
You can use this script to import videos directly from the CLI.
Videos will be publicly available after transcoding (you can see them before that in your account on the web interface).
$ cd ${CLONE}
$ node dist/server/tools/peertube-upload.js --help
peertube-watch.js
You can use this script to play videos directly from the CLI.
It provides support for different players:
- ascii (default ; plays in ascii art in your terminal!)
- mpv
- mplayer
- vlc
- stdout
- xbmc
- airplay
- chromecast
Server tools
These scripts should be run on the server, in peertube-latest
directory.
parse-log
To parse PeerTube last log file:
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run parse-log -- --level info
--level
is optional and could be info
/warn
/error
create-transcoding-job.js
You can use this script to force transcoding of an existing video. PeerTube needs to be running.
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID]
Or to transcode to a specific resolution:
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-transcoding-job -- -v [videoUUID] -r [resolution]
create-import-video-file-job.js
You can use this script to import a video file to replace an already uploaded file or to add a new resolution to a video. PeerTube needs to be running.
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run create-import-video-file-job -- -v [videoUUID] -i [videoFile]
prune-storage.js
Some transcoded videos or shutdown at a bad time can leave some unused files on your storage. Stop PeerTube and delete these files (a confirmation will be demanded first):
$ sudo systemctl stop peertube && sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run prune-storage
optimize-old-videos.js
Before version v1.0.0-beta.16, Peertube did not specify a bitrate for the transcoding of uploaded videos. This means that videos might be encoded into very large files that are too large for streaming. This script re-transcodes these videos so that they can be watched properly, even on slow connections.
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run optimize-old-videos
update-host.js
If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database. To fix this, you have to run:
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host
reset-password.js
To reset a user password from CLI, run:
$ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u target_username
REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
If you want to interact with the application libraries and objects even when PeerTube is not running, there is a REPL for that.
usage: node ./dist/server/tools/peertube-repl.js
"The default evaluator will, by default, assign the result of the most recently evaluated expression to the special variable _
(underscore). Explicitly setting _
to a value will disable this behavior."
- type
.help
to list commands available in the repl, notice it starts with a dot - type
.exit
to exit, note that you still have to press CTRL-C to actually exit, or press CTRL-C (3 times) without typing.exit
to exit - type
context
to list all available objects and libraries in the context, note:Promise
is also available but it's not listed in the context, in case you need promises for something - type
env
to see the loaded environment variables - type
path
to access path library - type
lodash
to access lodash library - type
uuidv1
to access uuid/v1 library - type
uuidv3
to access uuid/v3 library - type
uuidv4
to access uuid/v4 library - type
uuidv5
to access uuid/v5 library - type
YoutubeDL
to access youtube-dl library - type
cli
to access the cli helpers object - type
logger
to access the logger; if you log to it, it will write to stdout and to the peertube.log file - type
constants
to access the constants loaded by the server - type
coreUtils
to access the core-utils helpers object - type
ffmpegUtils
to access the ffmpeg-utils helpers object - type
peertubeCryptoUtils
to access the peertube-crypto helpers object - type
signupUtils
to access the signup helpers object - type
utils
to access the utils helpers object - type
YoutubeDLUtils
to access the youtube-dl helpers object - type
sequelizeTypescript
to access sequelizeTypescript - type
modelsUtils
to access the models/utils - type
models
to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.models - type
transaction
to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.transaction - type
query
to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.query - type
queryInterface
to access the shortcut to sequelizeTypescript.queryInterface
.help
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> .help
.break Sometimes you get stuck, this gets you out
.clear Break, and also clear the local context
.editor Enter editor mode
.exit Exit the repl
.help Print this help message
.load Load JS from a file into the REPL session
.r Reset REPL
.reset Reset REPL
.save Save all evaluated commands in this REPL session to a file
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
Lodash example
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> lodash.keys(context)
[ 'global',
'console',
'DTRACE_NET_SERVER_CONNECTION',
'DTRACE_NET_STREAM_END',
'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST',
'DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE',
'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST',
'DTRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE',
'process',
'Buffer',
'clearImmediate',
'clearInterval',
'clearTimeout',
'setImmediate',
'setInterval',
'setTimeout',
'XMLHttpRequest',
'compact2string',
'module',
'require',
'path',
'repl',
'context',
'env',
'lodash',
'uuidv1',
'uuidv3',
'uuidv4',
'uuidv5',
'cli',
'logger',
'constants',
'Sequelize',
'sequelizeTypescript',
'modelsUtils',
'models',
'transaction',
'query',
'queryInterface',
'YoutubeDL',
'coreUtils',
'ffmpegUtils',
'peertubeCryptoUtils',
'signupUtils',
'utils',
'YoutubeDLUtils' ]
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>
YoutubeDL example
YoutubeDL.getInfo('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZN289jjDo', function(err, data) {console.log(err, data)})
Models examples
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> new models.ActorModel({id: 3}).getVideoChannel().then(function(data){console.log(data.dataValues.name)})
Promise {
_bitField: 0,
_fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
_rejectionHandler0: undefined,
_promise0: undefined,
_receiver0: undefined }
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> Main root channel
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> let out; new models.UserModel({id: 1}).getAccount().then(function (data) {out = data.dataValues.id})
Promise {
_bitField: 0,
_fulfillmentHandler0: undefined,
_rejectionHandler0: undefined,
_promise0: undefined,
_receiver0: undefined }
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)> out
2
PeerTube [1.0.0] (b10eb595)>