Knock CLI

The Knock CLI helps you build, test, and manage your Knock notification system, right from the terminal. You can use the CLI to:

• Pull Knock workflows down to your local machine and work with your notification logic and templates in your code editor.
• Integrate Knock into your CI/CD pipeline and automatically promote changes between Knock environments on release.
• Map your translation files into Knock to localize your notifications.

Installing the CLI

You can install the Knock CLI using npm, a node package manager, with the following command:

Once the CLI is installed, you can call it by using the knock command in your terminal. The CLI is also available via homebrew for macOS, see the installation guide here.

Authenticating the CLI

The Knock CLI relies on service tokens in order to authenticate against your Knock account.

Once you have generated a service token, you can verify it works by running knock whoami --service-token=YOUR_SERVICE_TOKEN. If your token is valid and configured properly, you'll receive a 200 response that shows the account name and the service token name.

CLI reference

You can find a complete reference for all of the commands and flags available on the CLI in our comprehensive reference.