A simple command line interface for interacting with Google Bard, written in Rust.
This CLI allows you to save chat history as a Markdown file at a specified absolute or relative path in realtime
and handles graceful exit with Ctrl+C.
You need to have Rust and Cargo installed on your system. If you don't have them, you can install them from the official Rust website.
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Clone the repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/Alfex4936/Bard-rs
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Change the working directory:
cd Bard-rs
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Build the project:
cargo build --release
The executable binary file will be located in the target/release
folder.
or install from cargo.
cargo install bard-rs
Before using the Google Bard CLI, you need to obtain your session cookie. To get the session cookie, follow these steps:
- Go to Google Bard in Chrome.
- Open Chrome Developer Tools (F12 or
Ctrl + Shift + I
). - Go to the "Application" tab.
- Under "Storage" > "Cookies", click on "https://bard.google.com".
- Find the cookie with the name
__Secure-1PSID
, and copy its value. (it includes "." usually)
Now you can use the Google Bard CLI:
It'll save as your first prompt message. (eg: "Hey yo" -> bard_hey_yo.md)
bard-rs --session <your_session_cookie> --path ./
Replace <your_session_cookie>
with the value you copied from the Developer Tools.
If you don't want to save the chat history as a Markdown file, skip --path
:
bard-rs --session <your_session_cookie>
If you don't want to pass that long session in terminal, use .env
file
bard-rs -e .env -p ./
.env
file must contain SESSION_ID
key. (the keys being used for the -s
value and SESSION_ID
are identical, they are both derived from __Secure-1PSID
)
SESSION_ID=~.
- Type your message and press Enter to send it to Google Bard.
- Type
!reset
to reset the conversation. - Type
!exit
to exit the CLI.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Credits:
- acheong08 - Inspired by this Python version.