Get Block with the Flow CLI
How to get a collection from the command line
The Flow CLI provides a command to fetch any collection from the Flow network.
flow collections get <collection_id>
Example Usage
flow collections get 3e694588e789a72489667a36dd73104dea4579bcd400959d47aedccd7f930eeb \
--host access.mainnet.nodes.onflow.org:9000
Example response
Collection ID 3e694588e789a72489667a36dd73104dea4579bcd400959d47aedccd7f930eeb:
acc2ae1ff6deb2f4d7663d24af6ab1baf797ec264fd76a745a30792f6882093b
ae8bfbc85ce994899a3f942072bfd3455823b1f7652106ac102d161c17fcb55c
70c4d39d34e654173c5c2746e7bb3a6cdf1f5e6963538d62bad2156fc02ea1b2
2466237b5eafb469c01e2e5f929a05866de459df3bd768cde748e068c81c57bf
Arguments
Collection ID
- Name:
collection_id - Valid Input: SHA3-256 hash of the collection contents
{argument general description}
Arguments
Flags
Host
- Flag:
--host - Valid inputs: an IP address or hostname.
- Default:
127.0.0.1:3569(Flow Emulator)
Specify the hostname of the Access API that will be
used to execute the command. This flag overrides
any host defined by the --network flag.
Network
- Flag:
--network - Short Flag:
-n - Valid inputs: the name of a network defined in the configuration (
flow.json) - Default:
emulator
Specify which network you want the command to use for execution.
Filter
- Flag:
--filter - Short Flag:
-x - Valid inputs: a case-sensitive name of the result property.
Specify any property name from the result you want to return as the only value.
Output
- Flag:
--output - Short Flag:
-o - Valid inputs:
json,inline
Specify the format of the command results.
Save
- Flag:
--save - Short Flag:
-s - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
Specify the filename where you want the result to be saved
Log
- Flag:
--log - Short Flag:
-l - Valid inputs:
none,error,debug - Default:
info
Specify the log level. Control how much output you want to see during command execution.
Configuration
- Flag:
--config-path - Short Flag:
-f - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
- Default:
flow.json
Specify the path to the flow.json configuration file.
You can use the -f flag multiple times to merge
several configuration files.