Configuration

Config file, environment variables, and global flags for the meepachat CLI

The CLI resolves configuration from three sources, in order of priority:

1. Command-line flags (highest)
2. Environment variables
3. Config file (lowest)

Config file

Default location: ~/.config/meepachat/config.json

{
  "url": "https://chat.example.com",
  "token": "your-session-token",
  "tokenType": "Bearer"
}

Field	Description
url	Base URL of your MeepaChat instance
token	Authentication token
tokenType	"Bearer" for user sessions, "Bot" for bot accounts

meepachat login creates and updates this file automatically. To use a different path:

meepachat --config /path/to/config.json servers list

Environment variables

Variable	Description
MEEPACHAT_URL	Base URL of MeepaChat instance (equivalent to --url)
MEEPACHAT_TOKEN	Authentication token (equivalent to --token)
MEEPACHAT_TOKEN_TYPE	Token type: Bearer or Bot

export MEEPACHAT_URL="https://chat.example.com"
export MEEPACHAT_TOKEN="your-session-token"
meepachat servers list

Global flags

Available on every command:

Flag	Short	Description
--url	-u	Base URL of MeepaChat instance
--token	-t	Authentication token
--json	-j	Output as JSON instead of a table
--config		Config file path (default: ~/.config/meepachat/config.json)
--verbose	-v	Show HTTP request and response details

Flags override environment variables, which override the config file.

Output formats

Table (default)

Human-readable. Used in interactive workflows.

meepachat servers list

ID   Name          Role
1    Engineering   owner
2    Design        member

JSON

Machine-readable. Useful with jq or in scripts.

meepachat servers list --json

[
  { "id": "1", "name": "Engineering", "role": "owner" },
  { "id": "2", "name": "Design", "role": "member" }
]

Key-value

Detail views (e.g. servers get) print key-value pairs:

meepachat servers get 1

ID          1
Name        Engineering
Created By  42
Members     12

Verbose mode

--verbose prints the HTTP method, URL, request headers, response status, and response body before formatted output. Useful for debugging API calls.

meepachat servers list --verbose