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For more details, review the migration guide. Contact support@fauna.com with any questions.

fauna-shell reference

fauna-shell is a command line tool that provides several capabilities:

  • An interactive query command line that allows you to manually execute FQL queries.

  • Create, delete, and list databases, endpoints, and keys.

  • Manage endpoints, which are shorthand for connection configurations.

  • Login to your account to acquire a secret (allows you to authenticate and connect to your Fauna database).

  • Evaluate stored FQL queries.

The interactive query interface can help you explore the capabilities of Fauna and learn FQL.

This section explains how to install fauna-shell and provides a reference for everything that fauna-shell can do. See Configuration for details on configuring fauna-shell.

For more information, see our Introducing Fauna Shell blog post.

Requirements

  • Node.js, version 14.x or newer.

Installation

To install fauna-shell, issue the following command:

npm i -g fauna-shell

Command reference

Information
add-endpoint

Adds a connection endpoint for Fauna.
cloud-login

Adds the Fauna endpoint to the configuration.
create-database

Creates a child database in the current database.
create-key

Creates a key for the specified database.
default-endpoint

Sets an endpoint as the default.
delete-database

Deletes a child database from the current database.
delete-endpoint

Deletes a connection endpoint for Fauna.
delete-key

Deletes a key.
eval

Runs the specified query.
help

Displays help for each command.
import

Import JSON or CSV data into your database.
list-databases

Lists child databases in current database.
list-endpoints

Lists Fauna connection endpoints.
list-keys

Lists keys for the current database or its child databases.
plugins

Lists plugins for the current database or its child databases.
run-queries

Use eval instead.
shell

Starts an interactive shell to run Fauna queries.

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