studium-cli 0.2.2

CLI tool for Uppsala University Canvas (Studium)

Studium CLI

A command-line tool for Uppsala University's Canvas instance (Studium).

Installation

1. Install UV

UV is required to run and install this tool. See the UV documentation.

curl -sSfL https://astral-sh.uv.io/install.sh | sh

2. Install the CLI

You can install it directly from the source:

git clone https://github.com/mackrus/studium.git
cd studium
uv tool install .

Setup

You will need an API Access Token from Studium:

1. Log in to Studium.
2. Go to Account > Settings.
3. Scroll to Approved Integrations and click + New Access Token.
4. Copy the token and set it in the CLI:

studium config set-token <YOUR_TOKEN>

(Configuration is stored in ~/.config/studium/.env)

Usage

Check your connection:

studium config status

List your active courses:

studium courses

List upcoming assignments:

# Display a table with countdown timers
studium assignments

# Filter by course code
studium assignments --course 1FA603

# Force a refresh from the API and update the cache
studium assignments --force

# Get a status-bar-formatted string (󰑫 3)
studium assignments --format sketchybar

List recent announcements:

studium announcements

Update to the latest version:

studium update

Open in browser:

# Open the assignment with the closest deadline
studium browser latest

# Open a specific course or assignment by ID
studium browser 123456

Sync with Canvas (updates cache and sends macOS/Linux notifications):

studium sync

(Local cache is stored at ~/.cache/studium/assignments.json)

Shell Completions

Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell

The CLI uses Typer, which supports automatic completion installation:

studium --install-completion

Nushell

Completions for Nushell are provided in contrib/completions/studium.nu. Add this to your config.nu:

source /path/to/studium/contrib/completions/studium.nu

Extensions

Sketchybar (macOS)

Scripts and setup instructions for integration with Sketchybar are available in the contrib/sketchybar/ directory.

Linux Status Bars (Polybar, Waybar, etc.)

The studium assignments --format sketchybar command outputs a simple string (e.g., 󰑫 3) that can be used in most Linux status bars.

Polybar (X11)

Add a custom module to your config.ini:

[module/studium]
type = custom/script
exec = studium assignments --format sketchybar
interval = 600
label = %output%

Waybar (Wayland)

Add a custom module to your config.jsonc:

"custom/studium": {
    "format": "{}",
    "interval": 600,
    "exec": "studium assignments --format sketchybar"
}

Development

To run the tool locally without installing:

uv run studium <command>

\n- Auto-versioning enabled via git hook.