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Execute a Script with the Flow CLI

How to execute a Cadence script on Flow from the command line

The Flow CLI provides a command to execute a Cadence script on the Flow execution state with any Flow Access API.

flow scripts execute <filename>

Example Usage

# Execute a script on Flow Testnet
> flow scripts execute script.cdc --arg String:"Hello" --arg String:"World"

"Hello World"

Arguments

Filename

  • Name: filename
  • Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.

The first argument is a path to a Cadence file containing the script to be executed.

Flags

Arguments

  • Flag: --arg
  • Valid inputs: argument in Type:Value format.

Arguments passed to the Cadence script in Type:Value format. The Type must be the same as type in the script source code for that argument.

Arguments JSON

  • Flag: --argsJSON
  • Valid inputs: arguments in JSON-Cadence form.

Arguments passed to the Cadence script in Type:Value format. The Type must be the same type as the corresponding parameter in the Cadence source code.

Code

  • Flag: --code

⚠️ No longer supported: use filename argument.

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.