gacli

Google Authentication command line tools

gacli

gacli was created for used with google-authenticator. Thankfully, TOTP is an open standard so gacli may have additional applications.

The ga command line utility provides convenient access to TOTP verification codes:

usage: ga [-h] [-d] [-f FILE]

Copy newline terminated TOTP verification code to Mac OS X clipboard.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           print debug information
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Secret file

The debug option continually prints verification codes instead of copying a
single code to the clipboard.

Security

This application assumes you have secured your local computer disk or filesystem encryption. gacli is only safe with encryption:

OS X: About FileVault 2
EncryptedFilesystems - Community Ubuntu Documentation
GnuPG
GPGSuite (GnuPG for Mac OS X)

Install

Choose either of the following installation methods:

Simple Global
VirtualEnv and User Bin (recommended)

Simple Global

Please consider, again, using the VirtualEnv and User Bin method
Install the pip python module, if you have not already done so.
- Installation – pip documentation
Install the gacli python module:
```
sudo pip install gacli
```

VirtualEnv and User Bin

This installation method has the following requirements:

Your PATH includes ~/bin
virtualenv Python module is installed
virtualenvwrapper Python module is installed

Installation:

Create a new gacli virtualenv and install the gacli python module:
```
mkvirtualenv -i gacli gacli
```
Symlink ga to home bin:
```
ln -s $(which ga) ~/bin/
```