gobs-cli

A command line interface for OBS Websocket v5

For an outline of past/future changes refer to: CHANGELOG

Configuration

Flags

Pass --host, --port and --password as flags to the root command, for example:

gobs-cli --host=localhost --port=4455 --password=<websocket password> --help

Environment Variables

Load connection details from your environment:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export OBS_HOST=localhost
export OBS_PORT=4455
export OBS_PASSWORD=<websocket password>
export OBS_TIMEOUT=5

Commands

VersionCmd

gobs-cli version

SceneCmd

• list: List all scenes.

gobs-cli scene list

• current: Get the current scene.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --preview: Preview scene.

gobs-cli scene current

gobs-cli scene current --preview

• switch: Switch to a scene.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --preview: Preview scene.

  • args: SceneName

gobs-cli scene switch LIVE

gobs-cli scene switch --preview LIVE

SceneItemCmd

• list: List all scene items.
  • args: SceneName

gobs-cli sceneitem list LIVE

• show: Show scene item.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

  • args: SceneName ItemName

gobs-cli sceneitem show START "Colour Source"

• hide: Hide scene item.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

  • args: SceneName ItemName

gobs-cli sceneitem hide START "Colour Source"

• toggle: Toggle scene item.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

  • args: SceneName ItemName

gobs-cli sceneitem toggle --parent=test_group START "Colour Source 3"

• visible: Get scene item visibility.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

  • args: SceneName ItemName

gobs-cli sceneitem visible --parent=test_group START "Colour Source 4"

• transform: Transform scene item.
  • flags: optional

    • --parent: Parent group name.

    • --alignment: Alignment of the scene item.

    • --bounds-alignment: Bounds alignment of the scene item.

    • --bounds-height: Bounds height of the scene item.

    • --bounds-type: Bounds type of the scene item.

    • --bounds-width: Bounds width of the scene item.

    • --crop-to-bounds: Whether to crop the scene item to bounds.

    • --crop-bottom: Crop bottom value of the scene item.

    • --crop-left: Crop left value of the scene item.

    • --crop-right: Crop right value of the scene item.

    • --crop-top: Crop top value of the scene item.

    • --position-x: X position of the scene item.

    • --position-y: Y position of the scene item.

    • --rotation: Rotation of the scene item.

    • --scale-x: X scale of the scene item.

    • --scale-y: Y scale of the scene item.

  • args: SceneName ItemName

gobs-cli sceneitem transform \
    --rotation=5 \
    --position-x=250.8 \
    Scene "Colour Source 3"

GroupCmd

• list: List all groups.
  • args: SceneName

gobs-cli group list START

• show: Show group details.
  • args: SceneName GroupName

gobs-cli group show START "test_group"

• hide: Hide group.
  • args: SceneName GroupName

gobs-cli group hide START "test_group"

• toggle: Toggle group.
  • args: SceneName GroupName

gobs-cli group toggle START "test_group"

• status: Get group status.
  • args: SceneName GroupName

gobs-cli group status START "test_group"

InputCmd

• list: List all inputs.

  • flags:

    optional

    • --input: List all inputs.
    • --output: List all outputs.
    • --colour: List all colour sources.

gobs-cli input list

gobs-cli input list --input --colour

• mute: Mute input.
  • args: InputName

gobs-cli input mute "Mic/Aux"

• unmute: Unmute input.
  • args: InputName

gobs-cli input unmute "Mic/Aux"

• toggle: Toggle input.
  • args: InputName

gobs-cli input toggle "Mic/Aux"

RecordCmd

• start: Start recording.

gobs-cli record start

• stop: Stop recording.

gobs-cli record stop

• status: Get recording status.

gobs-cli record status

• toggle: Toggle recording.

gobs-cli record toggle

• pause: Pause recording.

gobs-cli record pause

• resume: Resume recording.

gobs-cli record resume

StreamCmd

• start: Start streaming.

gobs-cli stream start

• stop: Stop streaming.

gobs-cli stream stop

• status: Get streaming status.

gobs-cli stream status

• toggle: Toggle streaming.

gobs-cli stream toggle

SceneCollectionCmd

• list: List scene collections.

gobs-cli scenecollection list

• current: Get current scene collection.

gobs-cli scenecollection current

• switch: Switch scene collection.
  • args: Name

gobs-cli scenecollection switch test-collection

• create: Create scene collection.
  • args: Name

gobs-cli scenecollection create test-collection

ProfileCmd

• list: List profiles.

gobs-cli profile list

• current: Get current profile.

gobs-cli profile current

• switch: Switch profile.
  • args: Name

gobs-cli profile switch test-profile

• create: Create profile.
  • args: Name

gobs-cli profile create test-profile

• remove: Remove profile.
  • args: Name

gobs-cli profile remove test-profile

ReplayBufferCmd

• start: Start replay buffer.

gobs-cli replaybuffer start

• stop: Stop replay buffer.

gobs-cli replaybuffer stop

• status: Get replay buffer status.

gobs-cli replaybuffer status

• save: Save replay buffer.

gobs-cli replaybuffer save

StudioModeCmd

• enable: Enable studio mode.

gobs-cli studiomode enable

• disable: Disable studio mode.

gobs-cli studiomode disable

• toggle: Toggle studio mode.

gobs-cli studiomode toggle

• status: Get studio mode status.

gobs-cli studiomode status

VirtualCamCmd

• start: Start virtual camera.

gobs-cli virtualcam start

• stop: Stop virtual camera.

gobs-cli virtualcam stop

• toggle: Toggle virtual camera.

gobs-cli virtualcam toggle

• status: Get virtual camera status.

gobs-cli virtualcam status