buttondown logout - Buttondown CLI

The logout command removes your stored API key and clears all local credentials.

Usage

buttondown logout

$ buttondown logout
Logged out!

The logout command clears your entire Buttondown CLI configuration, including:

After logging out, you’ll need to run buttondown login again before using commands that require authentication.

The logout command doesn’t accept any flags or options. It simply clears your stored credentials.

You might want to log out when:

Commands that require authentication will fail:

$ buttondown logout
Logged out!

$ buttondown pull
Error: --api-key is required for the pull command, or run 'buttondown login' first

You can still use the create command since it doesn’t require authentication:

$ buttondown create --title="Draft Post"
Created new draft email: ./buttondown/emails/draft-post.md

If you just want to switch API keys, you don’t need to log out first. Use buttondown login --force instead:

# No need to logout first
$ buttondown login --force --api-key=new-api-key
✓ Successfully configured API key!

The logout command removes the configuration file from:

After logging out, you’ll typically want to: