VkCli

Vk CLI Client. Provides basic functionality such as receiving and sending text messages from/to friends and public chats.

Installation

Download mono and nuget: sudo apt-get install mono-complete nuget
Clone this repository
Download the required dependencies: nuget restore
Build the solution: xbuild /p:Configuration=Release
Install VkCli: sudo make install

Logging in

Run vk login and follow the instructions. You will have to allow access to your profile in the web interface.

How people are identified

Each contact is identified by its numeric id. It is convinient to use text abbreviations for frequent contacts. This can be achieved by vk abbr {abbr} {id}. Use vk abbrs to see the list of your abbreviations.

Frequently used functionality

Run vk --help to see a detailed description of available commands
Run vk check to see previews of pending dialogs. You will see nothing in case nobody is trying to reach you on VK.
Run vk friends to see the detailed list of your friends.
Run vk friends -o to see the detailed list of your online friends.
Run vk friend {id/abbr} to see detailed information about a contact.
Run vk recv {id/abbr} to receive the unread messages from a contact.
Run vk recv -q {id/abbr} to receive the unread messages from a contact in the stealths mode (the messages will stay unread).
Run vk send {id/abbr} {message} to send the text message message to a contact. Beware spaces, use quotes!
Run vk send {id/abbr} -e to enter the text message interactively and send it to a contact.
Run vk chat {id/abbr} to enter the chat mode with a contact.

Feedback

Bugreports should be created here.

caphindsight / VkCli