Overview

Watch this tutorial to learn how to install and configure the Cloudinary CLI.

Tutorial contents

This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.

Check if Python is installed

0:06	To use the Cloudinary CLI, you need Python 3.6 or later. You can install Python from https://www.python.org. The Python Package Installer (pip) is installed with it.

Install the Cloudinary CLI package

0:10	To install the Cloudinary CLI, run: pip3 install cloudinary-cli

Set up your environment variable

0:25

To make all your cld commands point to your Cloudinary product environment, set up your CLOUDINARY_URL environment variable. Obtain your environment variable from the API Keys page of the Cloudinary Console Settings. On Mac or Linux: export CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://123456789012345:abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzA@cloud_name On Windows: set CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://123456789012345:abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzA@cloud_name

Check the configuration

0:54	To check the configuration, run: cld config

Run the help command

1:04	For a list of commands, enter: cld --help

Run the admin command

1:09	To see the available Admin API methods, enter: cld admin

Run the uploader command

1:22	To see the available upload API methods, enter: cld uploader

Run the search command

1:31	To show the usage for the search API, enter: cld search --help

Upload a video

1:40	Upload the video, CLI_setup.mp4, setting the public ID and folder options: cld uploader upload CLI_setup.mp4 public_id=setup folder=cli_video

Watch the uploaded video

2:11	Use the url command to open a video in a browser: cld url -rt video -o cli_video/setup

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