Ecto

Ghost.io Admin API CLI for managing blog posts, pages, tags, and content.

ecto - Ghost.io Admin API CLI

Manage Ghost.io blogs via the Admin API. Supports multi-site configuration, markdown-to-HTML conversion, and JSON output for scripting.

Quick Reference

Authentication

bash

ecto auth add <name> --url <ghost-url> --key <admin-api-key>
ecto auth list
ecto auth default <name>
ecto auth remove <name>

Environment overrides: GHOST_URL, GHOST_ADMIN_KEY, GHOST_SITE

Posts

bash

ecto posts [--status draft|published|scheduled|all] [--limit N] [--json]
ecto post <id|slug> [--json] [--body]
ecto post create --title "Title" [--markdown-file file.md] [--stdin-format markdown] [--tag tag1,tag2] [--status draft|published]
ecto post edit <id|slug> [--title "New Title"] [--markdown-file file.md] [--status draft|published]
ecto post delete <id|slug> [--force]
ecto post publish <id|slug>
ecto post unpublish <id|slug>
ecto post schedule <id|slug> --at "2025-01-25T10:00:00Z"

Pages

bash

ecto pages [--status draft|published|all] [--limit N] [--json]
ecto page <id|slug> [--json] [--body]
ecto page create --title "Title" [--markdown-file file.md] [--status draft|published]
ecto page edit <id|slug> [--title "New Title"] [--markdown-file file.md]
ecto page delete <id|slug> [--force]
ecto page publish <id|slug>

Tags

bash

ecto tags [--json]
ecto tag <id|slug> [--json]
ecto tag create --name "Tag Name" [--description "desc"]
ecto tag edit <id|slug> [--name "New Name"] [--description "desc"]
ecto tag delete <id|slug> [--force]

Images

bash

ecto image upload <path> [--json]

Site Info

bash

ecto site [--json]
ecto settings [--json]
ecto users [--json]
ecto user <id|slug> [--json]
ecto newsletters [--json]
ecto newsletter <id> [--json]

Webhooks

bash

ecto webhook create --event <event> --target-url <url> [--name "Hook Name"]
ecto webhook delete <id> [--force]

Events: post.published, post.unpublished, post.added, post.deleted, page.published, etc.

Multi-Site

Use --site <name> to target a specific configured site:

bash

ecto posts --site blog2

Common Workflows

Create and publish from markdown:

bash

ecto post create --title "My Post" --markdown-file post.md --tag blog --status published

Pipe content from stdin:

bash

echo "# Hello World" | ecto post create --title "Quick Post" --stdin-format markdown

Schedule a post:

bash

ecto post schedule future-post --at "2025-02-01T09:00:00Z"

Batch publish drafts:

bash

for id in $(ecto posts --status draft --json | jq -r '.posts[].id'); do
  ecto post publish "$id"
done

Limitations

• Ghost API does not support listing images or webhooks
• Member/subscription management not available via Admin API
• Read-only access to users

Full Docs

Run ecto --ai-help for comprehensive documentation.