CLI

Interact with the headless Zen Node via the Command Line Interface

The zen-cli comes bundled together with the zen-node package. So start by installing and running the zen-node package in headless mode.

Open your terminal and run zen-node

Now you can open another tab and your terminal and run zen-cli commands

USAGE: zen-cli [--help] [--port <port>] [--test] [<subcommand> [<options>]]

SUBCOMMANDS:

    balance <options>            get wallet balance
    history <options>            list wallet transactions
    address <options>            get wallet address
    resync <options>             resync wallet
    import <options>             import wallet seed from mnemonic sentence
    send <options>               send asset to address
    activate <options>           activate contract
    extend <options>             extend contract activation
    execute <options>            execute contract
    active <options>             list active contracts
    publishblock <options>       publish a block to the network
    accountexists <options>      check for an existing account
    checkpassword <options>      check a password
    mnemonicphrase <options>     get the mnemonic phrase
    exportzenpublickey <options> export zen extended public key
    importzenpublickey <options> import zen extended public key 
                                 and create watch-only account
    removewallet <options>       remove wallet
    publickey <options>          derive a public key 
                                 from a given derivation path
    rawtx-create <options>       create a raw transaction that pass 
                                 the asset and amount to the address
    rawtx-sign <options>         sign all possible inputs of the raw
                                 transaction and return the signed 
                                 transaction
    rawtx-publish <options>      publish a fully signed raw transaction
    wallet-create <options>      create a wallet from a newly generated 
                                 mnemonic phrase
    blockchain-info <options>    get blockchain info
    walletkeys <options>         get wallet keys
    signmessage <options>        sign message with your privates

    Use 'zen-cli <subcommand> --help' for additional information.

OPTIONS:

    --port, -p <port>     port of zen-node API
    --test, -t            use testnet port
    --help                display this list of options.

Examples

Check your balances

> zen-cli balance

Asset	| Balance
============================
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	| 1900000000

Get wallet address

> zen-cli address

tp1q7n4l3dldcv69wfyqm32mpkwvf56q5kjdv7ma5p2668z05ljcv2gsq3ke4q

Send Transaction

> zen-cli spend 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 1000000 tp1q7n4l3dldcv69wfyqm32mpkwvf56q5kjdv7ma5p2668z05ljcv2gsq3ke4q

Ok "Binary [||]"

Import Wallet

> zen-cli import mypassword ability able about above absent absorb abstract absurd abuse access accident account accuse achieve acid acoustic acquire across act action actor actress actual adapt

Resync Blockchain

> zen-cli resync

Success

Activate Contract

> zen-cli activate path-to-file number-of-blocks rlimit


Success