Courier CLI

Build, test, and manage your Courier integration directly from the command line.

The Courier CLI is a developer tool to help you build, test, and manage your integration with Courier directly from the command line. It’s simple to install, works on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and offers a range of functionality to enhance your developer experience with Courier. You can use the Courier CLI to:

• Send messages from the command line to users, lists, or audiences
• Track events to trigger your Courier Automations
• Push & pull industry-standard translation files for internationalizing your content

Installing the Courier CLI

From the command-line, use the following command to install the Courier CLI and set your API key:

$ yarn install -g @trycourier/cli
$ courier config --apikey <your-api-key>

Requirements

• Courier CLI has only been tested on node.js v18+

Authenticate the CLI

The fastest way to get started is to run:

$ courier config --apikey <your-api-key>

Courier CLI looks for environment variables prefixed with COURIER_AUTH_TOKEN. It will load keys from the first location it finds in the following list:

• A .courier file in the current working directory
• ~/.courier (in your home directory)
• A COURIER_AUTH_TOKEN or COURIER_AUTH_TOKEN_* value otherwise set in your environment (such as via ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc)

You can find your Courier API key in your Courier Settings.

Commands

• courier config – Set your Courier API key
• courier whoami – Display the currently authenticated workspace
• courier send - Send a notification to a user, list, tenant, or audience
• courier track - Send a track event to trigger a Courier Automations
• courier users:get - Fetch the data for a given user ID
• courier users:set - Overwrite a user's profile with the provided data
• courier users:bulk - Bulk upload users via csv, json, or parquet
• courier translations:upload - Upload .PO files to your Courier workspace
• courier translations:download - Download .PO files from your Courier workspace

For more details, run courier to see a list of commands and their arguments & options.

Examples

courier --help
courier --version
courier upgrade

courier send --tel 555-867-5309 --body "Hey Jenny\!"
courier send --user user123 --template my-template-id --foo bar
courier send -P --user=test123 --body "hello world" --title="hello" --channels=inbox
courier send --tenant=kewl --title=hello --body="hello world" --channel=inbox
courier send --user="1" --tenant-context=kewl --title=hello --body="hello world" --channel=inbox

courier users:get user123
courier users:set user123 --email [email protected]
courier users:bulk examples/users.csv --replace
courier users:bulk examples/users.parquet --list new-list-id --tenant new-tenant-id

courier track EXAMPLE_EVENT user123 --name "Pip the Pigeon"

courier translations:upload en-US ./translations/en-US.po
courier translations:download en-US --text > example.en-US.po

courier config --apikey MY_API_KEY -P --override
courier config --apikey MY_API_KEY --mock
courier config --apikey MY_API_KEY --draft

courier test-user123 --scopes=read:user-tokens,write:user-tokens --expiration=60
courier test-user123 --all --quiet | pbcopy

Common Flags

There are a number flags you can use for any command

Flags	Description
-M --mock	Use the API key that simulates sending using the simulating routing
-P --production	Use the production environment API key
-D --draft	Use the draft document scope API key. Use draft or submitted, will default to published key if neither are provided
-S --submitted	Use the submitted document scope API key
--apikey	Use the provided Courier API key, otherwise use the approprate environment variable
--apiurl	Use the provided Courier API URL, otherwise use COURIER_API_URL environment variable. Default is https://api.courier.com

Misc

• If you need to change the Courier API URL, you can set COURIER_API_URL in .courier or other methods to set the environment variables.

License

MIT License

Author

Courier ([email protected])