Command Line Interface
======================

Kanboard provide a simple command line interface that can be used from any Unix terminal.
This tool can be used only on the local machine.

This feature is useful to run commands outside the web server process by example running a huge report.

Usage
-----

- Open a terminal and go to your Kanboard directory (example: `cd /var/www/kanboard`)
- Run the command `./kanboard`

```bash
$ ./kanboard
Kanboard version master

Usage:
 command [options] [arguments]

Options:
 --help (-h)           Display this help message
 --quiet (-q)          Do not output any message
 --verbose (-v|vv|vvv) Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
 --version (-V)        Display this application version
 --ansi                Force ANSI output
 --no-ansi             Disable ANSI output
 --no-interaction (-n) Do not ask any interactive question

Available commands:
 help                           Displays help for a command
 list                           Lists commands
export
 export:daily-project-summary   Daily project summary CSV export (number of tasks per column and per day)
 export:subtasks                Subtasks CSV export
 export:tasks                   Tasks CSV export
 export:transitions             Task transitions CSV export
notification
 notification:overdue-tasks     Send notifications for overdue tasks
projects
 projects:daily-summary         Calculate daily summary data for all projects
```

Available commands
------------------

### Tasks CSV export

Usage:

```bash
./kanboard export:tasks <project_id> <start_date> <end_date>
```

Example:

```bash
./kanboard export:tasks 1 2014-10-01 2014-11-30 > /tmp/my_custom_export.csv
```

CSV data are sent to `stdout`.

### Subtasks CSV export

Usage:

```bash
./kanboard export:subtasks <project_id> <start_date> <end_date>
```

Example:

```bash
./kanboard export:subtasks 1 2014-10-01 2014-11-30 > /tmp/my_custom_export.csv
```

### Task transitions CSV export

Usage:

```bash
./kanboard export:transitions <project_id> <start_date> <end_date>
```

Example:

```bash
./kanboard export:transitions 1 2014-10-01 2014-11-30 > /tmp/my_custom_export.csv
```

### Export daily summaries data in CSV

The exported data will be printed on the standard output:

```bash
./kanboard export:daily-project-summary <project_id> <start_date> <end_date>
```

Example:

```bash
./kanboard export:daily-project-summary 1 2014-10-01 2014-11-30 > /tmp/my_custom_export.csv
```

### Send notifications for overdue tasks

Emails will be sent to all users with notifications enabled.

```bash
./kanboard notification:overdue-tasks
```

You can also display the overdue tasks with the flag `--show`:

```bash
$ ./kanboard notification:overdue-tasks --show
+-----+---------+------------+------------+--------------+----------+
| Id  | Title   | Due date   | Project Id | Project name | Assignee |
+-----+---------+------------+------------+--------------+----------+
| 201 | Test    | 2014-10-26 | 1          | Project #0   | admin    |
| 202 | My task | 2014-10-28 | 1          | Project #0   |          |
+-----+---------+------------+------------+--------------+----------+
```

Cronjob example:

```bash
# Everyday at 8am we check for due tasks
0 8 * * *  cd /path/to/kanboard && ./kanboard notification:overdue-tasks >/dev/null 2>&1
```

### Run daily project summaries calculation

You can add a background task that calculate the daily project summaries everyday:

```bash
$ ./kanboard projects:daily-summary
Run calculation for Project #0
Run calculation for Project #1
Run calculation for Project #10
```