BigBlueButton REST API command-line client

This is a small but useful command-line client for controlling meetings and recordings on a BigBlueButton server or cluster directly via the REST API. It allows administrators to bypass front-end applications (greenlight, moodle or alternatives) and directly access the backing BBB servers for administative tasks, monitoring or testing.

The module can also be imported as a python library, but please note that this project is not yet considered stable in any way. A stable and more usable API for python skripting might follow.

Install

# Install via pip
sudo pip install -U bbbctl
# or manually:
sudo curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defnull/bbbctl/master/src/bbbctl.py -o /usr/local/bin/bbbctl
sudo chmos +x /usr/local/bin/bbbctl

Usage

# Only required for external BBB servers:
export BBBCTL_SERVER="https://bbb.example.com/"
export BBBCTL_SECRET="..."

bbbctl meeting list    # Test your secret by listing current meetings
bbbctl -h              # Print help for a list of commands

If run directly on a BBB server with sufficient permissions, server URL and secret will be fetched from local BBB config files automatically.

Command overview

You can get detailed help and a list of all parameters with bbbctl -h or bbbctl <command> -h.

• meeting Create, list, join, inspect or end meetings
  • list List all meetings
  • info <meetingID> Show info about a meeting
  • create <meetingID> <title> Create a new meeting
  • join <meetingID> <displayName> Generate join links
  • end <meetingID> Forcefully end a meeting
  • nuke Forcefully end ALL meetings (be careful)
• record Work with recordings
  • list List all recordings
  • info <recordID> Show info about a recording
  • publish <recordID> Publish an unpublished recording
  • unpublish <recordID> Unpublish (hide) recording)
  • delete <recordID> Delete a recording

Output format

The default output format is currently a human readable plain text format. You can switch to a more compact version with --format=compact. Other formats (e.g. json, yaml or xml) may be supported in the future.

License

Copyright (c) 2020-2021, Marcel Hellkamp.

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