coap-cli

CoAP-CLI
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__CoAP-CLI__ is a command line interface for CoAP, built on node.js and
node-coap.

What is CoAP?
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> Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a software protocol
intended to be used in very simple electronics devices that allows them
to communicate interactively over the Internet. - Wikipedia

Install
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Install node.js, and then from a terminal:
``
npm install coap-cli -g
`

Usage
----------------------------

`
Usage: coap command [options] url


Commands:

get performs a GET request
put performs a PUT request
post performs a POST request
delete performs a DELETE request

Options:

-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-o, --observe Observe the given resource
-n, --no-new-line No new line at the end of the stream
-p, --payload The payload for POST and PUT requests
-b, --block2 set the block2 size option
-q, --quiet Do not print status codes of received packets
-c, --non-confirmable non-confirmable
-t, --timeout The maximum send time in seconds
-T, --show-timing Print request time, handy for simple performance tests
-O, --coap-option Add COAP-Option to the request (repeatable)
`

$3

__PUT__ and __POST__ requests body are sent from the standard
input by default. E.g.
`
echo -n 'hello world' | coap post coap://localhost/message
``

If you want to type it you can end the standard input by pressing
CTRL-D.

License
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Copyright (c) 2013 Matteo Collina

node-coap is licensed under an MIT +no-false-attribs license.
All rights not explicitly granted in the MIT license are reserved.
See the included LICENSE file for more details.