Pycryptpad-Tools

A tools collection for Cryptpad. Currently, there is a command line tool to create pads, set and get pad content. Cryptpad lacks a proper API for external tools, so browser automation via Selenium web driver is used for a quick-and-dirty solution without implementing the crypto stuff. It's will likely break with future versions, but I hope there will be a better way to interact with Cryptpad.

Tech Stack

• Python 3.8
• Chromium / Chromedriver
• Build / dependency management: Nix

Using it

If you have installed the Nix, running the CLI script is easy. Nix installs all dependencies including Chromium / Chromedriver.

1. Clone the repository with:

   git clone https://github.com/dpausp/pycryptpad-tools

2. Enter the project root folder:

   cd pycryptpad-tools

3. Run the CLI script to see the available commands:

   ./cryptpad-cli --help

• Running the Nix wrapper script ./cryptpad-cli takes some seconds. If you want to use the CLI regulary with shorter startup time, install it with:

  nix-env -if .

If your shell is configured correctly (nix bin dir in PATH), you should be able to run the cryptpad-cli command from anywhere.

Development

Quick Start

The shell environment for development can be prepared using the Nix Package Manager. It includes Python, development / testing tools and dependencies for the project itself. The following instructions assume that the Nix package manager is already installed, nix-shell is available in PATH.

1. Clone the repository with:

   git clone https://github.com/dpausp/pycryptpad

2. Enter nix shell in the project root folder to open a shell which is your dev environment:

   cd pycryptpad-tools
   nix-shell

License

AGPLv3, see LICENSE

Authors

• Tobias 'dpausp'