signal-cli was primarily developed to be used on servers to notify admins of important events.
For this use-case, it has a dbus interface, that can be used to send messages from any programming language that has dbus bindings.
+For some functionality the Signal protocol requires that all messages have been received from the server.
+The `receive` command should be regularly executed. In daemon mode messages are continuously received.
+
== Options
*-h*, *--help*::
*-v*, *--version*::
Print the version and quit.
+*--verbose*::
+Raise log level and include lib signal logs.
+
*--config* CONFIG::
Set the path, where to store the config.
Make sure you have full read/write access to the given directory.
Specify your phone number, that will be your identifier.
The phone number must include the country calling code, i.e. the number must start with a "+" sign.
+This flag must not be given for the `link` command.
+It is optional for the `daemon` command.
+For all other commands it is only optional if there is exactly one local user in the
+config directory.
+
*--dbus*::
Make request via user dbus.
=== link
Link to an existing device, instead of registering a new number.
-This shows a "tsdevice:/…" URI. If you want to connect to another signal-cli instance, you can just use this URI. If you want to link to an Android/iOS device, create a QR code with the URI (e.g. with qrencode) and scan that in the Signal app.
+This shows a "tsdevice:/…" URI. If you want to connect to another signal-cli instance, you can just use this URI.
+If you want to link to an Android/iOS device, create a QR code with the URI (e.g. with qrencode) and scan that in the Signal app.
*-n* NAME, *--name* NAME::
Optionally specify a name to describe this new device.
Only works, if this is the master device.
*--uri* URI::
-Specify the uri contained in the QR code shown by the new device. You will need the full uri enclosed in quotation marks, such as "tsdevice:/?uuid=....."
+Specify the uri contained in the QR code shown by the new device.
+You will need the full uri enclosed in quotation marks, such as "tsdevice:/?uuid=....."
=== listDevices
=== getUserStatus
-Uses a list of phone numbers to determine the statuses of those users. Shows if they are registered on the Signal Servers or not. In json mode this is outputted as a list of objects.
+Uses a list of phone numbers to determine the statuses of those users.
+Shows if they are registered on the Signal Servers or not.
+In json mode this is outputted as a list of objects.
[NUMBER [NUMBER ...]]::
One or more numbers to check.
*-a* [ATTACHMENT [ATTACHMENT ...]], *--attachment* [ATTACHMENT [ATTACHMENT ...]]::
Add one or more files as attachment.
+*--note-to-self*::
+Send the message to self without notification.
+
*-e*, *--endsession*::
Clear session state and send end session message.
*-r*, *--remove*::
Remove a reaction.
+=== remoteDelete
+
+Remotely delete a previously sent message.
+
+RECIPIENT::
+Specify the recipients’ phone number.
+
+*-g* GROUP, *--group* GROUP::
+Specify the recipient group ID in base64 encoding.
+
+*-t* TIMESTAMP, *--target-timestamp* TIMESTAMP::
+Specify the timestamp of the message to delete.
+
=== receive
Query the server for new messages.
-New messages are printed on standard output and attachments are downloaded to the config directory. In json mode this is outputted as one json object per line.
+New messages are printed on standard output and attachments are downloaded to the config directory.
+In json mode this is outputted as one json object per line.
*-t* TIMEOUT, *--timeout* TIMEOUT::
Number of seconds to wait for new messages (negative values disable timeout).
=== joinGroup
Join a group via an invitation link.
+To be able to join a v2 group the account needs to have a profile (can be created
+with the `updateProfile` command)
*--uri*::
The invitation link URI (starts with `https://signal.group/#`)
Create or update a group.
If the user is a pending member, this command will accept the group invitation.
+To be able to join or create a v2 group the account needs to have a profile (can
+be created with the `updateProfile` command)
*-g* GROUP, *--group* GROUP::
Specify the recipient group ID in base64 encoding.
=== listGroups
-Show a list of known groups and related information. In json mode this is outputted as an list of objects and is always in detailed mode.
+Show a list of known groups and related information.
+In json mode this is outputted as an list of objects and is always in detailed mode.
*-d*, *--detailed*::
Include the list of members of each group and the group invite link.
=== daemon
signal-cli can run in daemon mode and provides an experimental dbus interface.
+If no `-u` username is given, all local users will be exported as separate dbus
+objects under the same bus name.
*--system*::
Use DBus system bus instead of user bus.
Trust new key, without having verified it. Only use this if you don't care about security::
signal-cli -u USERNAME trust -a NUMBER
+== Exit codes
+* *1*: Error is probably caused and fixable by the user
+* *2*: Some unexpected error
+* *3*: Server or IO error
+* *4*: Sending failed due to untrusted key
+
== Files
The password and cryptographic keys are created when registering and stored in the current users home directory, the directory can be changed with *--config*:
git.nmode.ca / signal-cli / blobdiff
