# identity: identity management

Identity use several XMPP extensions (like vcards) to retrieve or set informations about an entity. For now it’s really basic and only nickname and avatar are managed.

## get

Retrieve informations about the identity behind an XMPP entity. You only have to specify the jid of the entity, and you’ll get (if set) his/her/its nickname and data about the avatar.

When available, cached values are returned by defaut. If you want to ignore the cache, use the `--no-cache` option (of course this can result in more network requests).

### example

Get identity information about an entity:

    $ li identity get somebody@example.org

## set

Set identity data to the server, using various XMPP extensions. So far, you can only change the nickname of an entity using `-n, --nick` or or more times

### example

Set 2 nicknames for default profile:

    $ li identity set -n toto -n titi