Create Parseable cURL Response with Bash and jq

parseable-curl-response-example.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

__http_request_example(){
  curl \
    --silent \
    --location http://ip.jsontest.com \
    --write-out "\n%{http_code}"
}

__response_formatter(){
  response="$1"
  echo '{}' | jq \
                 --arg body "$(sed \$d <<< "$response")" \
                 --arg status_code "$(tail -n1 <<< "$response")" \
                 '.body=$body|.status_code=$status_code'
}

response="$(__http_request_example)"
response_to_json="$(__response_formatter "$response")"

echo "-----------------------------------------------------"
echo "Request Body"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------"
echo "$response_to_json" | jq --raw-output '.body'

echo "-----------------------------------------------------"
echo "Request Status Code"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------"
echo "$response_to_json" | jq --raw-output '.status_code'