wxc-cli

Auto-generated CLI for wxc_sdk — every API endpoint is a command, wired up at startup by introspecting WebexSimpleApi.

Install

pip install wxc-cli

The tool does not work with Python 3.14. To install in a venv with a different Python version:

pipx install wxc-cli --python python3.13

Or from source:

git clone ...
pip install -e .

Auth

export WEBEX_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token-here"
# or pass it per-command:
wxc-cli --token YOUR_TOKEN people list

Usage

wxc-cli --help                          # list all command groups
wxc-cli people --help                   # list people commands
wxc-cli people list --display-name Bob  # filter by name
wxc-cli people list --output json       # JSON output
wxc-cli people details --person-id Y2l… # single person
wxc-cli telephony callqueue --help      # nested sub-APIs work too

The wxc_sdk supported endpoint list serves as a reference for the available commands.

If for example the wxc_sdk reference has an endpoint api.person_settings.forwarding.read then wxc-cli supports wxc-cli person-settings forwarding read and wxc-cli person-settings forwarding read --help gives you an overview of the supported parameters.

The endpoint names in the wxc_sdk supported endpoint list are links to the actual function definitions for the respective endpoint.

For example, this is the documentation for the api.person_settings.forwarding.read endpoint which helps to understand the CLI parameters.

Note: The SDK uses snake-case names for endpoints and the CLI kebab-case names for commands.

Output formats

Every command accepts --output table (default), --output json, --output csv, or --output raw.

wxc-cli rooms list --output json | jq '.[].title'

Pydantic model inputs

Methods that take a Pydantic model (e.g. create, update) accept a --<param>-json flag:

wxc-cli people create \
  --settings-json '{"emails":["alice@example.com"],"display_name":"Alice"}'

Raw output

-o raw is clean stdout with no Rich markup, headers, or decoration.

Typical shell patterns:

# Feed IDs into a loop
for id in $(wxc-cli people list --display-name Alice -o raw --fields person_id); do
    wxc-cli people details --person-id "$id" --calling-data -o json
done

# Extract one field with cut/awk
wxc-cli rooms list -o raw --fields title,type | awk -F'\t' '$2=="direct" {print $1}'


# xargs
wxc-cli people list --display-name Alice -o raw --fields person_id \
  | xargs -I{} wxc-cli person-settings forwarding read --entity-id {} -o json \
  | jq '.call_forwarding.always'
  
# command substitution
wxc-cli people list --calling-data --fields display_name,emails \
  --location-id $(wxc-cli locations list --name Hartford --fields location_id -o raw)

How it works

cli.py introspects WebexSimpleApi at import time:

1. Each sub-API attribute (.people, .telephony, .rooms, …) becomes a Typer command group.
2. Each public method becomes a command inside that group.
3. The method's type-annotated parameters become --option flags — scalars directly, Pydantic models via --<n>-json.
4. Generator return types (list endpoints) are consumed fully and rendered as a Rich table or JSON array.
5. Nested sub-APIs (e.g. telephony.calls, telephony.callqueue) recurse into sub-groups automatically.

New endpoints added to wxc_sdk appear in the CLI with zero maintenance.

Shell completion

wxc-cli --install-completion   # bash / zsh / fish