Example of HTTP request to Shotgun constructed in Bash

shotgun_pure_request.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function get_entity {
  entity_type="$1"

  if [[ -z $entity_type ]]; then
    echo "Usage: sg_req [entity_type]"
    return 1
  fi

  sg_site='eep'  # Name of your shotgun site
  url="https://${sg_site}.shotgunstudio.com/api3/json"
  script_name="KEY_NAME_HERE"
  api_key="KEY_HERE"

  body="{
    \"method_name\": \"read\",
    \"params\": [
      {
        \"script_key\": \"${api_key}\",
        \"script_name\": \"${script_name}\"
      },
      {
        \"return_paging_info\": true,
        \"return_fields\": [\"id\", \"name\"],
        \"return_only\": \"active\",
        \"paging\": {\"current_page\": 1, \"entities_per_page\": 500},
        \"filters\": {\"logical_operator\": \"and\", \"conditions\": []},
        \"api_return_image_urls\": true,
        \"type\": \"${entity_type}\"
      }
  ]}"
  header='application/json; charset=utf-8'

  curl --data "$body" "$url" --header "$header"
}

get_entity "$@"