Descope CLI

A command line tool for managing your Descope project

The descope command line tool provides a convenient way to perform common tasks on your Descope project by leveraging Descope's management APIs.

• Create and modify project entities such as users, tenants and access keys.
• Manage project settings and configurations using snapshots that can be exported, validated and imported into other projects.
• Search and display audit logs for projects.
• Supports JSON output for easy integration into scripts and CI/CD workflows.

The descope tool is available as a downloadable binary from the releases page.

Install descope using APT:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys e8365d8513142909
echo "deb https://descope.github.io/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/descope.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install descope

You can install descope using DNF by adding the Descope repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://descope.github.io/packages/descope.repo
sudo dnf install descope

You can build the descope command line tool directly with the go compiler:

1. Verify that you have Go 1.21 or newer installed, and if not, follow the instructions on the Go website:

   go version

2. Clone or download the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/descope/descopecli
   cd descopecli

3. Install descope with make install:

   # installs to $GOPATH/bin by default
   make install

• The Descope project's Project ID is required by descope to know which project to work with. You can find it in the Project section in the Descope console.
• You'll also need a valid Descope management key for the above project. You can create a management key in the Company section in the Descope console.

All descope commands expect the Descope management key to be provided in the DESCOPE_MANAGEMENT_KEY environment variable. You'll have to provide your Descope project's unique id either in the DESCOPE_PROJECT_ID environment variable or as a command argument, depending on the command.

export DESCOPE_PROJECT_ID='P...'
export DESCOPE_MANAGEMENT_KEY='K...'
descope --help

A command line utility for working with the Descope management APIs

Usage:
  descope [command]

Entity Commands:
  access-key  Commands for creating and managing access keys
  tenant      Commands for creating and managing tenants
  user        Commands for creating and managing users

Project Commands:
  audit       Commands for working with audit logs
  project     Commands for managing projects

Additional Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command

# creates a new tenant with a predefined tenantId
descope tenant create 'AcmeCorp' --id 'acmecorp'

* Created new tenant with id: acmecorp

# use the --json option to get structured JSON output from any command
descope tenant load-all --json

{
    "count": 1,
    "ok": true,
    "tenants": [
        {
            "id": "acmecorp",
            "name": "AcmeCorp",
            "selfProvisioningDomains": [],
            "authType": "none"
        }
    ]
}

# creates a user and sends them an invitation if configured in the Descope console
descope user create '[email protected]' --name 'Andy Rhoads' -t 'acmecorp' --json

{
    "ok": true,
    "user": {
        "name": "Andy Rhoads",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "userId": "U2eY8ZRNUlC9IKqLGzmAww7qgK0T",
        "loginIds": ["[email protected]"],
        "verifiedEmail": true,
        "userTenants": [
            {
                "tenantId": "acmecorp",
                "tenantName": "AcmeCorp"
            }
        ],
        "status": "invited",
        "createdTime": 1712070205
    }
}

# returns a page of user results
descope user load-all --limit 10 --page 0

* Loaded 3 users
  - User 0: { "name": ... }
  - User 1: { "name": ... }
  - User 2: { "name": ... }

# to prevent mistakes some project commands require the projectId as
# an argument, rather than as an environment variable

# export a snapshot of all the project's settings and configurations
descope project snapshot export 'P2abc...' --path ./descope_export

# import the exported snapshot from the first project into another project
descope project snapshot import 'P2xyz...' --path ./descope_export

# searches for any audit records about the user we created above
descope audit search 'andyr' --json

{
    "count": 1,
    "ok": true,
    "records": [
        {
            "action": "UserCreated",
            "loginIds": ["[email protected]"]
        }
    ]
}

If anything is missing or not working correctly please open an issue or pull request.

To learn more please see the Descope documentation.

If you need help you can hop on our Slack community or send an email to Descope support.