vws-cli

Important

This project is archived because PTC is retiring the Vuforia Engine Cloud Image Recognition service on May 2, 2027. Existing customers can continue using the service until that date. After that date, Cloud Image Recognition databases and associated services will no longer be available.

A CLI for Vuforia Web Services.

• Installation
  • With pip
  • With Homebrew (macOS, Linux, WSL)
  • With Nix
  • With Docker
  • With winget (Windows)
  • Pre-built Linux binaries
  • Pre-built Windows binaries
  • Pre-built macOS (ARM) binaries
• Usage example
• Full documentation

Installation

With pip

Requires Python 3.14+.

$ pip install VWS-CLI

With Homebrew (macOS, Linux, WSL)

Requires Homebrew.

$ brew tap VWS-Python/vws
$ brew install vws-cli

With Nix

Requires Nix.

$ nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' run "github:VWS-Python/vws-cli" -- --help

To avoid passing --extra-experimental-features every time, enable flakes permanently.

Or add to your flake inputs:

{
  inputs.vws-cli.url = "github:VWS-Python/vws-cli";
}

With Docker

$ docker run --rm "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

To use vuforia-cloud-reco:

$ docker run --rm --entrypoint vuforia-cloud-reco "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

To use vumark:

$ docker run --rm --entrypoint vumark "ghcr.io/vws-python/vws-cli" --help

With winget (Windows)

Requires winget.

$ winget install --id VWSPython.vws-cli --source winget --exact
$ winget install --id VWSPython.vuforia-cloud-reco --source winget --exact

Pre-built Linux binaries

See the full documentation for details on how to install pre-built Linux binaries.

Pre-built Windows binaries

Download the Windows executables from the latest release and place them in a directory on your PATH. The filenames are:

• vws-windows.exe
• vuforia-cloud-reco-windows.exe
• vumark-windows.exe

Pre-built macOS (ARM) binaries

See the full documentation for details on how to install pre-built macOS binaries.

Usage example

$ vws add-target \
    --server-access-key "$SERVER_ACCESS_KEY" \
    --server-secret-key "$SERVER_SECRET_KEY" \
    --name my_image_name \
    --width 2 \
    --image ~/Documents/my_image.png \
    --application-metadata "$(echo 'my_metadata' | base64)" \
    --active-flag true
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$ vws --help
...
$ vuforia-cloud-reco my_image.jpg \
    --max-num-results 5 \
    --include-target-data none
- target_id: b60f60121d37418eb1de123c381b2af9
- target_id: e3a6e1a216ad4df3aaae1f6dd309c800
$

Full documentation

See the full documentation for information on:

• All available commands.
• Setting up autocompletion.
• How to contribute to this project.
• Release notes.