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Note: For detailed information about the Turbo SDK and its programmatic interfaces, see the SDK Documentation for AI (opens new window).

# Turbo CLI Reference

# Turbo Credits Overview

Turbo Credits are the payment mechanism used for uploading files and folders to Arweave through the Turbo service. These credits can be purchased in two ways:

  1. Fiat Currency (using the top-up command)

    • Purchase credits using traditional currencies (USD, EUR, etc.)
    • Processed through a secure payment service
    • Ideal for users who prefer traditional payment methods

  2. Cryptocurrency (using the crypto-fund command)

    • Purchase credits using supported cryptocurrencies:
      • Arweave (AR)
      • AR.IO Network (ARIO)
      • Ethereum (ETH)
      • Solana (SOL)
      • Polygon (MATIC/POL)
      • KYVE
      • Ethereum on Base (ETH on Base)
    • Direct blockchain transactions
    • Ideal for users who hold supported cryptocurrencies

Credits are stored in your wallet and are automatically used when uploading files or folders. You can check your credit balance using the balance command and share credits with other wallets using the share-credits command.

The Turbo CLI is included in the @ardrive/turbo-sdk package. You can install it in one of the following ways:

# Global installation (recommended for single user)
npm install -g @ardrive/turbo-sdk

# User-specific installation
npm install --user @ardrive/turbo-sdk

# Project-specific installation
npm install --save-dev @ardrive/turbo-sdk
# Then use via npx: npx turbo <command>

After installation, the turbo command will be available in your terminal.

# Commands

  1. balance

    • Get wallet balance in Turbo Credits

    • Shows both controlled credits and effective balance (including shared credits)

    • Options:

      • -a, --address <nativeAddress>: Address to check
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # Check balance using wallet file
turbo balance --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Check balance of specific address
turbo balance -a 0x123...abc --token ethereum

  2. top-up

    • Purchase Turbo Credits using fiat currency

    • Processes payment through a secure payment service

    • Adds credits directly to your wallet balance

    • Options:

      • -a, --address <nativeAddress>: Address to top up
      • -c, --currency <currency>: Currency to use
      • -v, --value <value>: Amount to top up
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # Top up with USD using wallet file
turbo top-up -c usd -v 10.00 --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Top up specific address with EUR
turbo top-up -a 0x123...abc -c eur -v 20.00 --token ethereum

  3. crypto-fund

    • Purchase Turbo Credits using supported cryptocurrencies

    • Direct blockchain transaction from your wallet

    • Automatically converts crypto to credits at current rates

    • Options:

      • -v, --value <value>: Amount to fund
      • -i, --tx-id <txId>: Existing transaction ID
      • -t, --token <token>: Token type (arweave, ethereum, solana, kyve, pol, base-eth, ario)
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # Fund with AR using wallet file
turbo crypto-fund -v 0.1 --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Fund with ETH using private key
turbo crypto-fund -v 0.01 -t ethereum --private-key 0xabc...123

# Fund with ARIO using wallet file
turbo crypto-fund -v 100 -t ario --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

  4. upload-folder

    • Upload a folder of files

    • Options:

      • -f, --folder-path <folderPath>: Path to folder
      • --index-file <indexFile>: Custom index file
      • --fallback-file <fallbackFile>: Custom fallback file
      • --no-manifest: Disable manifest creation
      • --max-concurrency <maxConcurrency>: Concurrent upload limit
      • --paid-by <addresses...>: Address(es) to pay for upload
      • --ignore-approvals: Ignore credit share approvals
      • --use-signer-balance-first: Use signer balance before approvals
      • --tags <name value...>: Space-separated name-value pairs for tags
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Note: Content-Type tags are automatically detected and added for each file

    • Example:

      # Basic folder upload
turbo upload-folder -f ./my-website --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Advanced folder upload with options
turbo upload-folder -f ./my-website \
  --index-file index.html \
  --fallback-file 404.html \
  --max-concurrency 3 \
  --tags App-Name MyWebsite Version 1.0.0 \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Upload with multiple tag pairs
turbo upload-folder -f ./my-website \
  --tags App-Name MyWebsite Version 1.0.0 Environment production \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

  5. upload-file

    • Upload a single file

    • Content-Type tag MUST be provided in order to properly view the file after upload

    • Options:

      • -f, --file-path <filePath>: Path to file
      • --paid-by <addresses...>: Address(es) to pay for upload
      • --ignore-approvals: Ignore credit share approvals
      • --use-signer-balance-first: Use signer balance before approvals
      • --tags <name value...>: Space-separated name-value pairs for tags
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # Basic file upload with Content-Type
turbo upload-file -f ./image.png \
  --tags Content-Type image/png \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Upload with multiple tag pairs
turbo upload-file -f ./document.pdf \
  --tags Content-Type application/pdf App-Name MyDocs Version 1.0 \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Upload with shared credits and multiple tags
turbo upload-file -f ./large-file.zip \
  --tags Content-Type application/zip Project MyProject Stage beta \
  --paid-by addr1...xyz \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

  6. price

    • Get price estimates in Turbo Credits for various input types

    • Options:

      • --value <value>: Value to price
      • --type <type>: Type of price (bytes, arweave, usd, kyve, ethereum, solana, pol, ario)

    • Example:

      # Get price for bytes
turbo price --value 1000000 --type bytes

# Get price in USD
turbo price --value 10 --type usd

# Get price for specific token amount
turbo price --value 0.01 --type ethereum

  7. fiat-estimate

    • Get fiat cost estimates for byte uploads

    • Returns the estimated cost in the specified fiat currency for uploading data

    • Options:

      • --byte-count <value>: Number of bytes to estimate cost for
      • --currency <currency>: Fiat currency for the estimate (usd, eur, gbp, etc.)

    • Example:

      # Get USD cost estimate for 1MB upload
turbo fiat-estimate --byte-count 1048576 --currency usd

# Get EUR cost estimate for 10MB upload
turbo fiat-estimate --byte-count 10485760 --currency eur

  8. token-price

    • Get token cost estimates for byte uploads

    • Returns the estimated cost in the specified token for uploading data

    • Options:

      • --byte-count <value>: Number of bytes to estimate cost for
      • --token <token>: Token type for the estimate (arweave, ethereum, solana, etc.)

    • Example:

      # Get AR cost estimate for 1MB upload
turbo token-price --byte-count 1048576 --token arweave

# Get SOL cost estimate for 10MB upload
turbo token-price --byte-count 10485760 --token solana

  9. share-credits

    • Share credits with another wallet

    • Options:

      • -a, --address <nativeAddress>: Recipient address
      • -v, --value <value>: Amount to share
      • -e, --expires-by-seconds <seconds>: Expiry time
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # Share credits with 24-hour expiry
turbo share-credits -a addr1...xyz -v 1000000 -e 86400 \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Share credits with no expiry
turbo share-credits -a addr1...xyz -v 500000 \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

  10. revoke-credits

    • Revoke shared credits
    • Options:
      • -a, --address <nativeAddress>: Address to revoke from
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key
    • Example:
      # Revoke credits from address
turbo revoke-credits -a addr1...xyz --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

  11. list-shares

    • List credit share approvals

    • Options:

      • -a, --address <nativeAddress>: Address to check
      • --wallet-file <path>: Path to wallet file
      • --mnemonic <mnemonic>: Wallet mnemonic
      • --private-key <key>: Private key

    • Example:

      # List all shares for wallet
turbo list-shares --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# List shares for specific address
turbo list-shares -a addr1...xyz --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json

# Global Options

The following options are available for all commands:

  • --dev: Enable development endpoints
  • --local: Enable local development endpoints
  • --gateway <url>: Custom gateway URL
  • --token <type>: Token type
  • --payment-url <url>: Custom payment service URL
  • --upload-url <url>: Custom upload service URL
  • --skip-confirmation: Skip confirmation prompts

Example with global options:

# Use development endpoints with custom gateway
turbo upload-file -f ./image.png \
  --tags Content-Type image/png \
  --wallet-file ./arweave-wallet.json \
  --dev \
  --gateway https://custom-gateway.example.com

# Use local endpoints with specific token type
turbo balance \
  --wallet-file ./ethereum-wallet.json \
  --local \
  --token ethereum

# Complete Options Reference

The following section provides a comprehensive list of all available CLI options and their configurations:

# Token and Currency Options

  • -t, --token <type>

    • Description: Crypto token type for wallet or action
    • Default: 'arweave'
    • Supported: arweave, ethereum, solana, kyve, pol, base-eth, ario

  • -c, --currency <currency>

    • Description: Fiat currency type to use for the action
    • Default: 'usd'

  • --type <priceType>

    • Description: Price type for the action. Can be a fiat currency or crypto token or bytes
    • Default: 'bytes'

# Transaction and Address Options

  • -i, --tx-id <txId>

    • Description: Transaction ID or hash to use for action

  • -a, --address <nativeAddress>

    • Description: Native address to use for action

  • --tags <tags...>

    • Description: An array of additional tags for the write action, in "--tags name1 value1 name2 value2" format
    • Type: array

  • -v, --value <value>

    • Description: Value of fiat currency or crypto token for action. e.g: 10.50 for $10.50 USD or 0.0001 for 0.0001 AR

  • --byte-count <byteCount>

    • Description: Number of bytes to use for price estimation commands
    • Used with: fiat-estimate, token-price

# Wallet Authentication Options

  • -w, --wallet-file <filePath>

    • Description: Wallet file to use with the action. Formats accepted: JWK.json, KYVE or ETH private key as a string, or SOL Secret Key as a Uint8Array

  • -m, --mnemonic <phrase>

    • Description: Mnemonic to use with the action (KYVE only)

  • -p, --private-key <key>

    • Description: Private key to use with the action

# Upload Options

  • -f, --file-path <filePath>

    • Description: Path to file for upload

  • -f, --folder-path <folderPath>

    • Description: Path to folder for upload

  • --index-file <indexFile>

    • Description: Index file to use in manifest for folder uploads

  • --fallback-file <fallbackFile>

    • Description: Fallback file to use in manifest for folder uploads

  • --no-manifest

    • Description: Disable manifest creation for folder uploads

  • --max-concurrency <maxConcurrency>

    • Description: Maximum number of concurrent uploads

  • --paid-by <addresses...>

    • Description: Address(es) to pay for the upload
    • Type: array

# Credit Sharing Options

  • --expires-by-seconds <seconds>

    • Description: Expiration time in seconds for credit share approvals

  • --ignore-approvals

    • Description: Ignore all credit share approvals, only use signing wallet's balance

  • --use-signer-balance-first

    • Description: Use the signer balance first before using credit share approvals

# Service Configuration Options

  • --gateway <url>

    • Description: Set a custom crypto gateway URL

  • --upload-url <url>

    • Description: Set a custom upload service URL

  • --payment-url <url>

    • Description: Set a custom payment service URL

  • --process-id <processId>

    • Description: Set a custom target process ID for the action

  • --cu-url <cuUrl>

    • Description: Set a custom CU URL for the action

# Development and Debugging Options

  • --dev

    • Description: Enable Turbo development endpoints
    • Default: false

  • --local

    • Description: Enable local development endpoints
    • Default: false

  • --debug

    • Description: Enable verbose logging
    • Default: false

  • --quiet

    • Description: Disable logging
    • Default: false

  • --skip-confirmation

    • Description: Skip all confirmation prompts
    • Default: false

# Supported Cryptocurrencies

The Turbo CLI supports the following cryptocurrencies for funding operations:

  1. Arweave (AR)

    • Token type: arweave
    • Default token type

  2. AR.IO Network (ARIO)

    • Token type: ario
    • Added in SDK v1.24.0

  3. Ethereum (ETH)

    • Token type: ethereum
    • Supports Ethereum mainnet

  4. Solana (SOL)

    • Token type: solana

  5. Polygon (MATIC/POL)

    • Token type: pol
    • Supports both MATIC and POL tokens

  6. KYVE

    • Token type: kyve

  7. Ethereum on Base (ETH on Base)

    • Token type: base-eth
    • Added in SDK v1.23.0

# Supported Fiat Currencies

The following fiat currencies are supported for top-up operations:

  • USD (United States Dollar)
  • EUR (Euro)
  • GBP (British Pound)
  • CAD (Canadian Dollar)
  • AUD (Australian Dollar)
  • JPY (Japanese Yen)
  • INR (Indian Rupee)
  • SGD (Singapore Dollar)
  • HKD (Hong Kong Dollar)
  • BRL (Brazilian Real)

# Usage Patterns

# Basic Workflow

  1. Check Balance

    turbo balance --wallet-file ./wallet.json

  2. Top Up Credits (Choose one method)

    # Fiat top-up
turbo top-up -v 10 -c usd --wallet-file ./wallet.json

# Crypto funding
turbo crypto-fund -v 0.01 -t ethereum --wallet-file ./wallet.json

  3. Upload Content

    # Single file
turbo upload-file -f ./document.pdf \
  --tags Content-Type application/pdf \
  --wallet-file ./wallet.json

# Folder
turbo upload-folder -f ./website \
  --wallet-file ./wallet.json

# Price Estimation Workflow

  1. Estimate Costs Before Upload

    # Check fiat cost
turbo fiat-estimate --byte-count 1048576 --currency usd

# Check token cost
turbo token-price --byte-count 1048576 --token arweave

# Check credit cost
turbo price --value 1048576 --type bytes

# Credit Sharing Workflow

  1. Share Credits

    turbo share-credits -a recipient-address -v 1000000 \
  --wallet-file ./wallet.json

  2. Use Shared Credits

    turbo upload-file -f ./file.txt \
  --tags Content-Type text/plain \
  --paid-by sharer-address \
  --wallet-file ./recipient-wallet.json

  3. Manage Shared Credits

    # List shares
turbo list-shares --wallet-file ./wallet.json

# Revoke shares
turbo revoke-credits -a recipient-address \
  --wallet-file ./wallet.json

# Error Handling

Common CLI errors and their solutions:

  1. Insufficient Credits

    • Error: "Insufficient funds"
    • Solution: Use top-up or crypto-fund to add credits

  2. Invalid Content-Type

    • Error: File displays as binary
    • Solution: Always include --tags Content-Type mime/type for file uploads

  3. Authentication Errors

    • Error: "Invalid signature"
    • Solution: Verify wallet file format and permissions

  4. Network Errors

    • Error: "Connection timeout"
    • Solution: Check internet connection or use --dev for alternative endpoints

# Latest Features

# v1.27.0 Updates

  • Added fiat-estimate command for getting fiat cost estimates
  • Improved web environment support
  • Enhanced upload interfaces

# v1.26.0 Updates

  • Added comprehensive event system for upload progress tracking
  • Improved signing and upload success events

# v1.25.0 Updates

  • Enhanced buffer handling for web environments
  • Improved upload method interfaces

# v1.24.0 Updates

  • Added AR.IO Network (ARIO) token support
  • New token type: ario

# v1.23.0 Updates

  • Added Ethereum on Base network support
  • New token type: base-eth

# v1.21.0 Updates

  • Added token-price command for getting token cost estimates
  • Enhanced price estimation capabilities

WARNING: Different AI models consume the Turbo CLI AI Instruction documentation with varying degrees of success. If code provided by AI is not working, find the relevant methods being used in our standard documentation in order to provide more guided context.