c8y(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the c8y(1) manual page for c8y-applications-open — literally “Open application in a web browser.” that's the whole assignment. you point it at an app, and it opens in the browser. iconic. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

c8y applications open [flags]

that's the shape of it: command, subcommand, [flags]. slay.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Open application in a web browser. no cap, that's the vibe. 🦋

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --application="devicemanagement" — application name. this is the app you're opening, and the flag string already shows devicemanagement.
• --device=[] — device to be opened up to. only valid if the template references {device}. (accepts pipeline, iykyk)
• -h, --help[=false] — help for open. yes bestie, it's the help flag for this exact subcommand.
• --noBrowser[=false] — print destination URL instead of opening the browser. no pop-up, just the URL.
• --page="" — device management page to open. only valid for a specific device.
• --path="" — custom path template which can reference values such as: {application}, {device}, {page}. path template supremacy.

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

• --abortOnErrors=10 — abort batch when reaching specified number of errors. the batch says bye when it hits that many errors.
• --allowEmptyPipe[=false] — don't fail when piped input is empty (stdin). empty pipe? no drama, don't fail.
• --cache[=false] — enable cached responses. turn on cached responses.
• --cacheBodyPaths=[] — cache should limit hashing of selected paths in the json body. empty indicates all values. so empty = all values.
• --cacheTTL="60s" — cache time-to-live (TTL) as a duration, i.e. 60s, 2m. duration vibes.
• -c, --compact[=false] — compact instead of pretty-printed output when using json output. pretty print is the default if output is the terminal. so terminal = pretty by default, this makes it compact.
• --confirm[=false] — prompt for confirmation. asks first, bestie.
• --confirmText="" — custom confirmation text. your own confirmation message.
• --currentPage=0 — current page which should be returned. which page is current / should be returned.
• --customQueryParam=[] — add custom URL query parameters. i.e. --customQueryParam 'withCustomOption=true,myOtherOption=myvalue'. custom query params go brr.
• --debug[=false] — set very verbose log messages. very verbose logs.
• --delay="0ms" — delay after each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s. wait after each request.
• --delayBefore="0ms" — delay before each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s. wait before each request.
• --dry[=false] — dry run. don't send any data to the server. no data goes to the server.
• --dryFormat="markdown" — dry run output format. i.e. json, dump, markdown or curl. format options, take your pick.
• --examples[=false] — show examples for the current command. show examples, love that.
• --filter=[] — apply a client side filter to response before returning it to the user. client-side filter before it comes back to you.
• --flatten[=false] — flatten json output by replacing nested json properties with properties where their names are represented by dot notation. flatten nested json into dot-notation names.
• -f, --force[=false] — do not prompt for confirmation. ignored when using --confirm. no prompt, but --confirm wins.
• -H, --header=[] — custom headers. i.e. --header "Accept: value, AnotherHeader: myvalue". custom headers, bestie.
• --includeAll[=false] — include all results by iterating through each page. all results, page by page.
• -k, --insecure[=false] — allow insecure server connections when using SSL. yes, that's the insecure one.
• -l, --logMessage="" — add custom message to the activity log. custom activity log message.
• --maxJobs=0 — maximum number of jobs. 0 = unlimited (use with caution!). 0 means unlimited, and yes: use with caution! 💀
• --noAccept[=false] — ignore Accept header will remove the Accept header from requests, however PUT and POST requests will only see the effect. removes the Accept header; PUT and POST requests will only see the effect.
• --noCache[=false] — force disabling of cached responses (overwrites cache setting). force off caching, overwrites cache setting.
• -M, --noColor[=false] — don't use colors when displaying log entries on the console. no color in console log entries.
• --noLog[=false] — disables the activity log for the current command. turns off activity log for this command.
• --noProgress[=false] — disable progress bars. no progress bars.
• --noProxy[=false] — ignore the proxy settings. ignore proxy settings.
• -n, --nullInput[=false] — don't read the input (stdin). useful if using in shell for/while loops. don't read stdin; useful in shell for/while loops.
• -o, --output="table" — output format i.e. table, json, csv, csvheader. output format, periodt.
• --outputFile="" — save JSON output to file (after select/view). save JSON output after select/view.
• --outputFileRaw="" — save raw response to file (before select/view). save raw response before select/view.
• --outputTemplate="" — jsonnet template to apply to the output. jsonnet template for the output.
• -p, --pageSize=5 — maximum results per page. max results per page.
• --progress[=false] — show progress bar. this will also disable any other verbose output. show progress bar; also disables any other verbose output.
• --proxy="" — proxy setting, i.e. http://10.0.0.1:8080. proxy setting, e.g. that URL.
• -r, --raw[=false] — show raw response. this mode will force output=json and view=off. raw response mode; forces output=json and view=off.
• --retries=3 — max number of attempts when a failed http call is encountered. max attempts when an http call fails.
• --select=[] — comma separated list of properties to return. wildcards and globstar accepted, i.e. --select 'id,name,type,**.serialNumber'. comma-separated properties; wildcards and globstar accepted.
• --session="" — session configuration. session config.
• --sessionMode="" — override default session mode for a single command which would normally be disabled. override default session mode for one command that would normally be disabled.
• -P, --sessionPassword="" — override session password. override session password.
• -U, --sessionUsername="" — override session username. i.e. peter or t1234/peter (with tenant). override session username, like peter or t1234/peter with tenant.
• --silentExit[=false] — silent status codes do not affect the exit code. silent status codes don't affect exit code.
• --silentStatusCodes="" — status codes which will not print out an error message. status codes that won't print an error message.
• --timeout="600s" — request timeout duration, i.e. 60s, 2m. timeout duration, like 60s or 2m.
• --totalPages=0 — total number of pages to get. total pages to get.
• -v, --verbose[=false] — verbose logging. verbose logging.
• --view="auto" — use views when displaying data on the terminal. disable using --view off. use views on terminal; disable with --view off.
• --withError[=false] — errors will be printed on stdout instead of stderr. errors go to stdout instead of stderr.
• --withTotalElements[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total elements in the response statistics under .statistics.totalElements (introduced in 10.13). ask Cumulocity to include total elements under .statistics.totalElements; introduced in 10.13.
• -t, --withTotalPages[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total pages in the response statistics under .statistics.totalPages. ask Cumulocity for total pages under .statistics.totalPages.
• --workers=1 — number of workers. number of workers.

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

$ c8y applications open --application cockpit

opens the cockpit application in a local web browser. obsessed. 💖

$ c8y devices list | c8y applications open --application devicemanagement --page control

opens multiple web browser tabs in the devicemanagement application, one for each device found. yes bestie, multiple tabs, one per device. 🫶

$ c8y devicegroups list | c8y applications open --path "/apps/cockpit/index.html#/group/{device}/subassets"

opens multiple web browser tabs for a list of device groups in the cockpit application. the way that path template ate. 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• c8y-applications(1) — go read the parent page too, bestie.

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