JotSpot CLI Examples

JotSpot can be used directly from the terminal to create and manage shareable Markdown notes.

This page was written and updated entirely via the CLI.

CLI docs: https://jotspot.io/cli

Create a jot from text

curl -X POST https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/text \
     -d "Hello from the terminal"

Create a jot from a file

curl -X POST https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/text \
     --data-binary @notes.md

Pipe text into a jot

echo "Quick jot from bash" | \
curl -X POST https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/text \
     --data-binary @-

Save command output to a jot

uptime | curl -X POST https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/text --data-binary @-

Example use cases:

• share logs
• share notes
• quick debugging output
• paste CLI results to a link

Fetch raw markdown

Every jot can be fetched as raw text.

curl https://jotspot.io/j/<id>.txt

or

curl https://jotspot.io/j/<id>.md

Update a jot via CLI

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
     -X PATCH https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/<id>/text \
     --data-binary @updated.md

Shell scripting example

Create a jot and extract the URL:

URL=$(curl -s -X POST https://jotspot.io/api/v1/jots/text \
      --data-binary @notes.md | jq -r .url)

echo "Jot created: $URL"

Why JotSpot CLI exists

Sometimes you just want to:

• dump some text
• share a quick note
• paste command output
• share logs with a link

JotSpot makes that a single command.

Browser editor:

https://jotspot.io

CLI documentation:

https://jotspot.io/cli