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title: NEAR-CLI-RS

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# NEAR-CLI-RS 

## Quick Start Guide

You can think of the `near-cli-rs` tool as a human-friendly companion to help interact with the [NEAR Protocol](https://near.org/) from the commmand line. This comes with a guided prompt interface to help you with making your commands built in rust! 

> **_NOTE:_** This is a separate tool from the [near-cli](https://docs.near.org/tools/near-cli) a tool of similar functionality without the guided prompts

## Install 

Download the pre-compiled version of near-cli for your OS from the github [Releases Page](https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs/releases/) or install it with [Cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/) (Rust's package manager tool) with the following command: 

```
$ cargo install near-cli-rs
```

## Usage

To use the `near-cli-rs` simply run the following in your terminal.

```bash 
$ near-cli
```
You should then see the following. Use the arrow keys and hit `enter` or simply type out one of the availiable options to select an option

![](https://i.imgur.com/MWny4LT.png)

## Getting Started 

To utilize the commands that involved transactions, sending tokens, deploying contracts ect.. You'll need to store a full access key to a given account onto your machine. 

Run...

```
near-cli
```

Using the arrow keys navigate to...
```
account  -Manage accounts
```

Navigate to...

```
import-account -Import existing account (a.k.a. "sign-in")
```

choose any of the preferred sign in methods, for this example we'll choose the...

```
using-web-wallet -Import existing account using NEAR Wallet (a.k.a. "sign in")
### Account 
- Gives you information on a specified account, near balance, storage, list of access keys ect. 
```

For this tutorial select testnet
```
What is the name of the network? 
mainnet
>testnet
shardnet
```
You'll get redirected to wallet.testnet.near.org, grant authorization. Then in your terminal you'll be asked to enter in your account ID. Give it the name of the account you just authorized access to and a full access key. 

If you're on Mac you'll have the option to use the [Mac Keychain](https://support.apple.com/guide/keychain-access/what-is-keychain-access-kyca1083/mac) option. 

Either storage option is fine. Using the legacy storage option will save a file in your root directory in a hidden folder called `./near-credentials`. This storage option is compatable with the `near-cli` tool (a cli tool without the guided prompts but similar functionality). 

**Good Job!**
Now you can use `near-cli-rs` to it's full capacity.

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### Accounts

This option will allow you to manage, control, and retrieve information on your accounts.


| Option                 | Description                    |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `view-account-summary` | View properties for an account |
|  `import-account`                      |   Import existing account (a.k.a. "sign in")                             |
|          `create-account`             |            Create a new account                    |
|          `delete-account`              |           Delete an Account                     |
|          `list-keys`              |            View a list of keys for an account                    |
|           `add-key`             |              Add an access key to an account                  |
|`delete-key`|Delete an access key from an account|



### Tokens 

This will allow you to manage your token assets such as NEAR, FTs and NFTs



| Option    | Description                                                           |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `send-near` | Transfers NEAR to a specified recipient in units of NEAR or yoctoNEAR        |
|`send-ft`|Transfer Fungible Tokens to a specified user|
|`send-nft`|Transfers NFTs between accounts|
|`view-near-balance`|View the balance of NEAR tokens|
|`view-ft-balance`|View the balance of NEAR Tokens|
|`view-nft-assets`|View the balance of NFT Tokens|



### Contract 
This option allows you to manage an interact with your smart contracts



| Option        | Description      |
| ------------- | -------- |
| `call-function`     | Execute Function     |
|`deploy`|Add a new contract code|
|`download-wasm`|Download Wasm|


### Transaction
Operate Transactions

|Option|Description|
| ------------- | -------- |
|`view-status`|View a transaction status|
|`construct-tansaction`|Construct a new transaction|

### Config 
Manage the connection parameters inside the config.toml file for `near-cli-rs`

This will allow you to change or modify the network connections for your CLI.

|Option|Description|
| ------------- | -------- |
|`show-connections`|Show a list of network connections|
|`add-connection`|Add a network connection|
|`delete-connection`|Delete a network Connection