Command Line Interface

$ peeringdb -h
usage: peeringdb [-h] [--version] [-C CONFIG_DIR] {sync,get,whois,config} ...

positional arguments:
  {sync,get,whois,config}
    sync                Synchronize local tables to PeeringDB
    get                 Get a resource
    whois               Simulate a whois lookup supports as<ASN> : query by AS
                        ixlans<net id> : query networks on an IX
    config              Configuration management

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -C CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir CONFIG_DIR
                        Directory containing configuration files

Commands

Configuration

config show

Outputs current config.

config set

Prompts user for input to configure local database.

With -n, writes a config file with all options and defaults to the config directory (changable with -C).

Example:
$ peeringdb -C ~/.new-config/ config set -n

config list-codecs

Lists available config codec formats.

get <obj><id>

Fetches a specific object and outputs to stdout.

You may use the CLI to dump any object in the database with