Rooms typing keystroke

Use the ably rooms typing keystroke command to send a typing indicator in an Ably Chat room.

Synopsis

ably rooms typing keystroke <room-name> [options]

Arguments

room-name

Required

The name of the chat room to send the typing indicator in.

Options

--auto-type

Keep the typing indicator active continuously. Defaults to false.

--duration | -D

The duration in seconds to keep the typing indicator active.

--client-id

A client ID to use when sending the typing indicator.

--json

Output results as compact JSON. Mutually exclusive with --pretty-json.

--pretty-json

Output results in formatted JSON. Mutually exclusive with --json.

--verbose | -v

Enable verbose logging. Can be combined with --json or --pretty-json.

Examples

Send a typing indicator:

ably rooms typing keystroke my-room

Keep the typing indicator active continuously:

ably rooms typing keystroke my-room --auto-type

Send a typing indicator using an API key environment variable:

ABLY_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" ably rooms typing keystroke my-room

Send a typing indicator and output in JSON format:

ably rooms typing keystroke my-room --json

Send a typing indicator and output in formatted JSON:

ably rooms typing keystroke my-room --pretty-json

See also

• Rooms — Explore all ably rooms commands.
• CLI reference — Full list of available commands.