# Are API calls or CLI communications possible?

**URL:** <https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/are-api-calls-or-cli-communications-possible/1539>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 14, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/are-api-calls-or-cli-communications-possible/1539 "2026-04-14T15:00:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![artemkazantsev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@artemkazantsev](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/artemkazantsev)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/are-api-calls-or-cli-communications-possible/1539/1 "2026-04-14T15:00:43Z")

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I am thinking to use OnlyKey as a RND generator to compare with /dev/urandom and TPS2 chip on my laptop. I collected some stats already on the last two.

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**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/are-api-calls-or-cli-communications-possible/1539/2 "2026-04-14T16:24:42Z")

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There is python CLI tool that does this [OnlyKey Command-Line Utility | Docs](https://docs.onlykey.io/command-line.html#rng-type)