kvps-cli 0.1.141

kvps-cli

A dotnet CLI tool for key value pair management.

Getting Started

Dependenices

You'll need the .Net 8 runtime installed on your Windows machine.

⚠️ This tool will not behave correctly under Linux or Mac OS.

Installation

kvps-cli is available from Nuget:

dotnet tool install kvps-cli -g

How to use

Help:

dotnet kvps

or if installed globally:

kvps -?

Set a key value

dotnet kvps set -?

Set a key's value, with optional tags:

dotnet kvps set <KEY> -v <value> -t <TAG1> -t <TAG2>

Get a key value

Get help:

dotnet kvps get -?

Return the given key's value:

dotnet kvps get <KEY>

Return only the key's value without metadata, with the value masked if it's not public:

dotnet kvps get <KEY> -vo

Reveal the key's value:

dotnet kvps get <KEY> -r

Return only the key's value without metadata, with the value unmasked:

dotnet kvps get <KEY> -vo -r

Delete a key

dotnet kvps del -?

Delete a given key:

dotnet kvps del <KEY>

List keys

dotnet kvps  list -?

Display all keys:

dotnet kvps list

Display all keys that match any of the given tags:

dotnet kvps  list -t <TAG1> -t <TAG2>

Powershell integration

Single value

Store a key's value:

dotnet kvps set my_email_id -v joe@email.com

Later, extract the value:

$email = dotnet kvps get my_email_id -vo -r

.\Get-Data.ps1 -Email $email

Json objects

Store some JSON:

dotnet kvps set json_test -v "{ myTenantId: '1234abcd' }" -p

Extract:

$v = dotnet kvps get json_test -vo -r 

$j = $v | ConvertFrom-Json

or

$j = dotnet kvps get json_test -vo -r | ConvertFrom-Json

$j.myTenantId

Security

⚠️ This tool is not a key vault equivalent!