This time with CLI
- Dependencies
- Quick start
- Commands - usage of some commands
- Examples usage
In order to have mal copy command working, you need to have either xsel or xclip installed.
If you have a working Go environment, you can download the app via go get -u github.com/aqatl/mal.
Otherwise, download binaries from the release page.
Config files location:
- Linux:
$XDG_CONFIG_DIR/mal($HOME/.config/malif$XDG_CONFIG_DIRenv var is not set) . - Windows:
%AppData%\mal - MacOS:
$HOME/Library/Application Support/mal
AniList mode is used by default. All you need to do to configure the app is to simply execute the program. It'll open AniList login page in your browser. Log in and authorize the app. And that's it - mal will cache the received token on your disk and use it to authenticate your requests.
Run mal with -r flag to refresh cached lists.
Notice: MAL API is shut down, currently it is not possible to access it.
To switch between AniList and MyAnimeList mode use the s command (e.g. mal s).
First, you need to give the app your credentials - username and password. To do that, execute
mal --prompt-credentials --verify --save-password. If everything went good, you should see
a list of 10 entries.
The base command for everything is mal, which by default displays 10 last updated entries
from your MAL. You can change the displayed list through some flags:
--max value visible entries threshold (default: 0)
--a display all entries; same as max -1
--status value display entries only with given status [watching|planning|completed|repeating|paused|dropped]
--sort value display entries sorted by: [last-updated|title|episodes|score]
--reversed reversed list order
It's also good to run the app with -r (or --refresh) to update the cached list. Mind that there is not refresh interval so you have to refresh manually.
List of all commands and possible flags is available via mal --help.
All actions are done by variety of commands. They are in the following form:
mal [global flags] command [command flags] [command arguments]
Commands listed in help are divides into categories:
- Update command changes entry data and sends the updated version to your account
- Action command performs action that uses the entry data like printing it to the console
- Config command manipulates on the app configuration file (look at
mal cfg --helpfor details)
You can always see the details of the specific command via help like this:
mal <command> --help
Commands that use entry data need to know which entry you want to use. And there's a thing
called "selected entry". To select an entry, use the mal sel command. And here's a usage
of that command ( mal sel --help):
NAME:
mal sel - Select an entry
USAGE:
mal sel [entry title]
CATEGORY:
Config
For example, to select "Naruto", type mal sel naruto (case insensitive).
If sel is given no arguments, it will open a fuzzy search cui (console gui).
For now, you can update your entry with the following commands:
eps, episodes Set the watched episodes value. If n not specified, the number will be increased by one
score Set your rating for selected entry
status Set your status for selected entry
cmpl Alias for 'mal status completed'
delete, del Delete entry
NAME:
mal eps - Set the watched episodes value. If n not specified, the number will be increased by one
USAGE:
mal eps <n>
CATEGORY:
Update
There's an option to have mal automatically turn the entry status to completed after updating
the watched episodes value. To do that, use the status-auto-update config command.
NAME:
mal cfg status-auto-update - Allows entry to be automatically set to completed when number of all episodes is reached or exceeded
USAGE:
mal cfg status-auto-update [off|normal|after-threshold]
As you can see, there are 2 modes of auto-update: normal and after-threshold.
The first behaves as you would expect -> the status is changes when entry has 12 episodes and you hit the 12 watched episodes.
As for the after-threshold, the status will change after you exceed the number of
episodes. For example: when entry has 12 episodes and you hit 13 -> status is changed to
completed and your watched entries value is changed back to 12.
NAME:
mal score - Set your rating for selected entry
USAGE:
mal score <0-10>
CATEGORY:
Update
NAME:
mal status - Set your status for selected entry
USAGE:
mal status [watching|planning|completed|dropped|paused|repeating]
CATEGORY:
Update
There is also cmpl command that is an alias for status completed.
Unfortunately, some commands may slightly differ between MyAnimeList and AniList mode and some may not be present in both.
A few examples of how I use this program.
Remember that everything is in --help :)
Okay, so when I add a new anime to my list, I run mal -r to update the cache. Then, if I
want to watch it, I select it with mal sel [name]. Then I go to the web browser to find a
website where I can watch it. If the name is long, I copy the title with mal copy title.
To not forget the website and make it a little bit more convenient for me in the future, I
copy the website's link and bind it to the selected anime with mal web [website url].
Now, when I want to watch it, I can just type mal web and it will open saved url in the
web browser (you can configure which browser to use). When I finish an episode I type
mal eps to update watched episodes and that's it. There's an option to automatically set
the status to "completed", so I don't have to do anything more.
Oh, and usually I also rate the show by mal score [number from 0 to 10].
Useful when you want to choose what to watch next.
mal --status plantowatch --max -1
The --max -1 flag tells the program not to limit the displayed list length.
mal --status all --sort score
Again, you can add --max -1 flag to turn off the list length limit.
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