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Getting help

Getting help

At any time, if you need some help on how to use the command line or one of its sub command, simply add --help.

Whether you are at the top level:

arlas_cli --helpUsage: arlas_cli [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
--config-file TEXT Path to the configuration file if you do not
want to use the default one:
.arlas/cli/configuration.yaml.
--print-curl / --no-print-curl Print curl command [default: no-print-curl]
--version Print command line version
--help Show this message and exit.

Commands:
collections
confs
iam
indices
persist

or within a sub command:

arlas_cli indices --config local mapping --helpUsage: arlas_cli indices mapping [OPTIONS] FILE

Generate the mapping based on the data

Arguments:
FILE Path to the file containing the data. Format: NDJSON [required]

Options:
--nb-lines INTEGER Number of line to consider for generating the mapping.
Avoid going over 10. [default: 2]
--field-mapping TEXT Override the mapping with the provided field
path/type. Example: fragment.location:geo_point.
Important: the full field path must be provided.
--no-fulltext TEXT List of keyword or text fields that should not be in
the fulltext search. Important: the field name only
must be provided.
--no-index TEXT List of fields that should not be indexed.
--push-on TEXT Push the generated mapping for the provided index name
--help Show this message and exit.

See full arlas_cli documentation at
https://docs.arlas.io/external_docs/arlas_cli/