help

Display the Fauna Shell help.

Syntax

fauna help [COMMAND]

fauna [COMMAND] --help

Description

The help command displays version, usage, and a list of supported fauna-shell topics and commands.

Include the COMMAND argument to display the help for a given topic or command.

Arguments

Argument Description

COMMAND

Display help for a given topic or command.

Examples

To get general help:

$ fauna help
faunadb shell

VERSION
  fauna-shell/1.1.0 linux-x64 node-v18.8.0

USAGE
  $ fauna [COMMAND]

TOPICS
  endpoint      Manage endpoints in ~/.fauna-shell.
  schema        Manage database schema
  project       Manage project settings in .fauna-project.
  environment   Manage environments in the current project.

COMMANDS
  add-endpoint           Add an endpoint to ~/.fauna-shell.
  cloud-login            Log in to a Fauna account.
  create-database        Create a database.
  create-key             Create a key for the specified database.
  default-endpoint       Set an endpoint as the default one.
  delete-database        Delete a database.
  delete-endpoint        Remove an endpoint from ~/.fauna-shell.
  delete-key             Delete a key.
  eval                   Evaluate the given query.
  help                   Display help for fauna.
  import                 Import data to Fauna
  list-databases         List databases.
  list-endpoints         List endpoints in ~/.fauna-shell.
  list-keys              List keys in the current database.
  run-queries            Run the queries found on the file passed to the command.
  shell                  Start an interactive shell.
  upload-graphql-schema  Upload GraphQL schema

The upload-graphql-schema command is deprecated for FQL v10.

 

To get help for the add-endpoint command:

$ fauna help add-endpoint
USAGE
  $ fauna add-endpoint [NAME] [--non-interactive --url <value> --secret <value>] [--set-default]

ARGUMENTS
  Name  Endpoint name

FLAGS
  --non-interactive  Disables interaction
  --secret=<value>   Database secret
  --set-default      Sets this environment as the default
  --url=<value>      Database URL

DESCRIPTION
  Add an endpoint to ~/.fauna-shell.

ALIASES
  $ fauna add-endpoint

EXAMPLES
  $ fauna endpoint add

  $ fauna endpoint add localhost --url http://localhost:8443/ --key secret

  $ fauna endpoint add localhost --set-default

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