Irakli-ld-cli NPM

Lightdash CLI

Lightash CLI tool

How to install

npm i -g irakli-ld-cli

Usage

Usage: lightdash [options] [command]

Options:
  -h, --help      display help for command

Commands:
  version         output the version number
  [dbt_command]   runs dbt
  help [command]  display help for command

eg: ligthdash test Runs dbt test

Development

First build the package

pnpm cli-build

Then run the cli commands with node and pointing to the dist/index.js file

Examples from lightdash root folder

Lightdash login

node ./packages/cli/dist/index.js login http://localhost:3000

Lightdash compile

node ./packages/cli/dist/index.js compile --project-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/dbt --profiles-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/profiles

Lightdash generate

node ./packages/cli/dist/index.js generate --project-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/dbt --profiles-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/profiles

Lightdash preview

node ./packages/cli/dist/index.js preview --project-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/dbt --profiles-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/profiles

Lightdash run

node ./packages/cli/dist/index.js dbt run --project-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/dbt --profiles-dir ./examples/full-jaffle-shop-demo/profiles -s

Testing different dbt versions

If you want to test different dbt versions, you can replace the string dbt in the "execa" calls in the package with dbt${YOUR_VERSION}, eg: dbt1.8.