Count up UK Government petition signatures, across countries and constituencies.

signature_count.sh

#!/bin/sh -e
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: signature_count.sh <UK_GOVERNMENT_PETITION_JSON_URL>"
  echo "e.g. signature_count.sh https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215.json"
fi

DATA=$(wget -qO - "$1")
echo "Signatures by country:"
echo "$DATA" | jq .data.attributes.signatures_by_country[].signature_count | awk '{ sc += $1 } END { print sc }'
echo "Signatures by constituency:"
echo "$DATA" | jq .data.attributes.signatures_by_constituency[].signature_count | awk '{ sc += $1 } END { print sc }'
echo "Signature count:"
echo "$DATA" | jq .data.attributes.signature_count | awk '{ sc += $1 } END { print sc }'