The Planet command-line interface (CLI) is part of the Planet SDK for Python and provides a code-free way to work with the Planet APIs from a terminal.

Before you begin

• Install the SDK, which includes the CLI, with pip install planet.
• The current version of the Planet Python Client is V3. To upgrade, run pip install -U planet.

For installation and sign-in steps, see the Python SDK Quick Start.

CLI guides and examples

The No-Code CLI User Guide is the starting point. Each tutorial below includes example commands for one API:

• CLI for Data API Tutorial: search for imagery, including saved searches.
• CLI for Orders API Tutorial: create, check, and download orders.
• CLI for Subscriptions API Tutorial
• CLI for Destinations API Tutorial
• CLI for Quota API Tutorial

More CLI Tips & Tricks shows how to use the Planet CLI alongside geospatial tools such as GDAL/OGR, Fiona, Kepler.gl, and Placemark.io.

Command reference

The CLI Reference lists every command and option. Commonly used command groups include:

• planet data: search for imagery and manage saved searches.
• planet orders: create orders. Use --clip to clip to a Polygon or MultiPolygon, --tools to add a toolchain, and --delivery to set delivery details such as cloud storage.
• planet mosaics: list and search mosaics, get mosaic information, and download quads.
• planet subscriptions: create and manage subscriptions.
• planet features: manage Features API collections and items.

Run any command with --help to see its options.