Google Bard CLI

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.

## Prerequisites

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](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).

## Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/Alfex4936/Bard-rs

2. Change the working directory:

cd Bard-rs

3. Build the project:

cargo build --release

The executable binary file will be located in the `target/release` folder.


or install from cargo.

```bash
cargo install bard-rs

Usage

Before using the Google Bard CLI, you need to obtain your session cookie. To get the session cookie, follow these steps:

1. Go to Google Bard in Chrome.
2. Open Chrome Developer Tools (F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I).
3. Go to the "Application" tab.
4. Under "Storage" > "Cookies", click on "https://bard.google.com".
5. 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.

SESSION_ID=~.

Commands

• Type your message and press Enter to send it to Google Bard.
• Type !reset to reset the conversation.
• Type !exit to exit the CLI.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Credits:

• acheong08 - Inspired by this Python version.