moodle-cli 0.1.0

Terminal-first CLI for Moodle LMS

moodle-cli

Terminal-first CLI for Moodle LMS that reuses an authenticated browser session.

Features

• No API token setup required
• Reads MoodleSession from your browser or MOODLE_SESSION
• Works with Moodle AJAX APIs and falls back to authenticated page scraping when needed
• Terminal output plus --json and --yaml

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• uv
• An active Moodle browser session, or a MOODLE_SESSION environment variable

Install

# Recommended: uv tool
uv tool install moodle-cli

# Alternative: pipx
pipx install moodle-cli

Install from source:

git clone https://github.com/bunizao/moodle-cli.git
cd moodle-cli
uv sync

Usage

moodle --help
moodle user
moodle courses
moodle activities 34637
moodle update

To upgrade after an update is available:

uv tool upgrade moodle-cli
# or
pipx upgrade moodle-cli

Configuration

On first run, if no base_url is configured, the CLI will prompt you and write it to config.yaml in the project directory or in ~/.config/moodle-cli/:

base_url: https://school.example.edu

Required format:

• Use a full root URL such as https://school.example.edu
• Do not include paths, query strings, or fragments
• Do not use URLs like /login/index.php or /my/
• The CLI validates the URL against Moodle's token endpoint and asks again if it does not look valid

You can also set MOODLE_BASE_URL instead of using the interactive prompt. You can copy from config.example.yaml.

Environment overrides:

• MOODLE_BASE_URL
• MOODLE_SESSION

Development

uv run python -m compileall moodle_cli
uv build