cndactl

cndactl is a command line tool for browsing Cloud Native Days Austria information from the terminal.

Features

• Browse conference sessions from Sessionize
• Explore speakers, bios, and speaker links
• List core event links such as tickets, venue, and website
• Open tickets, website, venue, and speaker URLs in the browser

Requirements

• Node.js 20 or newer
• Network access to the public Sessionize event feed

Quick Start

Run without installing globally:

npx cndactl get sessions

Or with Bun:

bunx cndactl get sessions

If you cloned the repository locally:

bun install
bun run build
node dist/cli.js get sessions

For a persistent local command name:

bun run link
cndactl get sessions

Commands

cndactl get sessions
cndactl get sess
cndactl describe session 1119590
cndactl describe sess 1119590
cndactl get speakers
cndactl get spk
cndactl describe speaker "Alex Example"
cndactl describe spk "Alex Example"
cndactl get links
cndactl get sessions --no-cache
cndactl open tickets
cndactl open website
cndactl open event venue
cndactl open speaker "Alex Example" linkedin

Command Reference

cndactl get sessions

• Lists sessions from the configured Sessionize feed.

cndactl describe session <query>

• Shows a single session by exact id or partial title match.

cndactl get speakers

• Lists speakers from the configured Sessionize feed together with accepted talk counts.

cndactl describe speaker <query>

• Shows a single speaker by exact id or partial name match.
• Attempts to render the speaker profile picture using terminal image protocols (for example iTerm2/Kitty support), then falls back to text-only details when rendering is unavailable.

cndactl get links

• Lists built-in conference links such as website, tickets, venue, and YouTube.

Short aliases are also available: cndactl get sess, cndactl describe sess <query>, cndactl get spk, and cndactl describe spk <query>.

cndactl open tickets

• Opens the ticket page in the default browser.

cndactl open website

• Opens the main Cloud Native Days Austria website.

cndactl open event <linkId>

• Opens a configured event link such as venue, sessions, team, or youtube.

cndactl open speaker <speakerQuery> <linkType>

• Opens a speaker link such as linkedin, blog, sessionize, or company-website.

cndactl ... --no-cache

• Bypasses local Sessionize cache for that run and always fetches fresh data.

Data Source

The CLI reads from the Sessionize All endpoint for event key 7o54a33i:

https://sessionize.com/api/v2/7o54a33i/view/All

The app currently trusts that this feed is already configured to expose the intended public speaker and session set.

Sessionize data is cached locally in the operating system cache directory (for example ~/.cache/cndactl on Linux/macOS, %LOCALAPPDATA%\\cndactl on Windows). The cache is refreshed every 30 minutes by default.

You can change the refresh interval with CNDACTL_SESSIONIZE_CACHE_TTL_MINUTES:

CNDACTL_SESSIONIZE_CACHE_TTL_MINUTES=10 cndactl get sessions

If cache reads/writes fail, cndactl automatically falls back to direct Sessionize fetches.