###### The best way to manage your TestFlight testers and builds from your terminal
Pilot makes it easier to manage your app on Apple’s TestFlight. You can:
- Upload & distribute builds
- Add & remove testers
- Retrieve information about testers & devices
- Import/export all available testers
_pilot_ uses [spaceship.airforce](https://spaceship.airforce) to interact with iTunes Connect 🚀
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pilot is part of fastlane: The easiest way to automate beta deployments and releases for your iOS and Android apps.
# Usage
For all commands you can specify the Apple ID to use using `-u felix@krausefx.com`. If you execute _pilot_ in a project already using [_fastlane_](https://fastlane.tools) the username and app identifier will automatically be determined.
## Uploading builds
To upload a new build, just run
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot upload
```
This will automatically look for an `ipa` in your current directory and tries to fetch the login credentials from your [fastlane setup](https://fastlane.tools).
You'll be asked for any missing information. Additionally, you can pass all kinds of parameters:
```no-highlight
fastlane action pilot
```
You can pass a changelog using
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot upload --changelog "Something that is new here"
```
You can also skip the submission of the binary, which means, the `ipa` file will only be uploaded and not distributed to testers:
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot upload --skip_submission
```
_pilot_ does all kinds of magic for you:
- Automatically detects the bundle identifier from your `ipa` file
- Automatically fetch the AppID of your app based on the bundle identifier
_pilot_ uses [_spaceship_](https://spaceship.airforce) to submit the build metadata and the iTunes Transporter to upload the binary. Because iTunes Transporter's upload capability is only supported on OS X, `pilot upload` does not work on Linux, as described [in this issue](https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/issues/5789)
## List builds
To list all builds for specific application use
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot builds
```
The result lists all active builds and processing builds:
```no-highlight
+-----------+---------+----------+
| Great App Builds |
+-----------+---------+----------+
| Version # | Build # | Installs |
+-----------+---------+----------+
| 0.9.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 0.9.13 | 2 | 0 |
| 0.9.20 | 3 | 0 |
| 0.9.20 | 4 | 3 |
+-----------+---------+----------+
```
## Managing beta testers
### List of Testers
This command will list all your testers, both internal and external.
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot list
```
The output will look like this:
```no-highlight
+--------+--------+--------------------------+-----------+
| Internal Testers |
+--------+--------+--------------------------+-----------+
| First | Last | Email | # Devices |
+--------+--------+--------------------------+-----------+
| Felix | Krause | felix@krausefx.com | 2 |
+--------+--------+--------------------------+-----------+
+-----------+---------+----------------------------+-----------+
| External Testers |
+-----------+---------+----------------------------+-----------+
| First | Last | Email | # Devices |
+-----------+---------+----------------------------+-----------+
| Max | Manfred | email@email.com | 0 |
| Detlef | Müller | detlef@krausefx.com | 1 |
+-----------+---------+----------------------------+-----------+
```
### Add a new tester
To add a new tester to both your iTunes Connect account and to your app (if given), use the `pilot add` command. This will create a new tester (if necessary) or add an existing tester to the app to test.
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot add email@invite.com
```
Additionally you can specify the app identifier (if necessary):
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot add email@email.com -a com.krausefx.app
```
### Find a tester
To find a specific tester use
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot find felix@krausefx.com
```
The resulting output will look like this:
```no-highlight
+---------------------+---------------------+
| felix@krausefx.com |
+---------------------+---------------------+
| First name | Felix |
| Last name | Krause |
| Email | felix@krausefx.com |
| Latest Version | 0.9.14 (23 |
| Latest Install Date | 03/28/15 19:00 |
| 2 Devices | • iPhone 6, iOS 8.3 |
| | • iPhone 5, iOS 7.0 |
+---------------------+---------------------+
```
### Remove a tester
This command will only remove external beta testers.
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot remove felix@krausefx.com
```
### Export testers
To export all external testers to a CSV file. Useful if you need to import tester info to another system or a new account.
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot export
```
### Import testers
Add external testers from a CSV file. Sample CSV file available [here](https://itunesconnect.apple.com/itc/docs/tester_import.csv).
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot import
```
You can also specify the directory using
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot export -c ~/Desktop/testers.csv
fastlane pilot import -c ~/Desktop/testers.csv
```
# Tips
## Debug information
If you run into any issues you can use the `verbose` mode to get a more detailed output:
```no-highlight
fastlane pilot upload --verbose
```
## Firewall Issues
_pilot_ uses the iTunes Transporter to upload metadata and binaries. In case you are behind a firewall, you can specify a different transporter protocol from the command line using
```no-highlight
DELIVER_ITMSTRANSPORTER_ADDITIONAL_UPLOAD_PARAMETERS="-t DAV" pilot ...
```
If you are using _pilot_ via the [fastlane action](https://docs.fastlane.tools/actions#pilot), add the following to your `Fastfile`
```no-highlight
ENV["DELIVER_ITMSTRANSPORTER_ADDITIONAL_UPLOAD_PARAMETERS"] = "-t DAV"
pilot...
```
## Credentials Issues
If your password contains special characters, _pilot_ may throw a confusing error saying your "Your Apple ID or password was entered incorrectly". The easiest way to fix this error is to change your password to something that **does not** contains special characters.
## How is my password stored?
_pilot_ uses the [CredentialsManager](https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/tree/master/credentials_manager) from _fastlane_.