---
name: "flappclient"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-foolscap"
version: "24.9.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/flappclient"
---

# flappclient(1)

foolscap client

## NAME

flappclient - foolscap client

## SYNOPSIS

```
flappclient (upload-file|run-command)
```

## DESCRIPTION

This client invokes a remote services that is running as part of a 'flappserver'. Each service lives at the specific secret FURL, which starts with 'pb://'. This FURL can be passed on the command line with --furl=FURL, or it can be stored in a file (along with the comment lines that start with '#') and passed with --furlfile=FILE.

The options are described below.

## OPTIONS

- **furl**

  FURL of the service to contact.

- **furlfile**

  File containing the FURL of the service.

- **version**

  Show the version.

- **help**

  Show the embedded help.

## AUTHOR

**flappclient** is a tool that ships with foolscap, created by Brian Warner.

This manual page was written by Elliot Murphy \<elliot@ubuntu.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).