restconsole, a simple curl REST api wrapper for bash

restconsole.bash

#!/bin/bash 
# author: Leon van Kammen / Coder of Salvation 2014
# 
# restconsole, a simple curl REST api wrapper for bash

rooturl="http://api.yourcompany.com"
apikey="e270f99745341a89e883c583a25b821c"
cache=()

# here you can define your preset calls
# the variables can be insert directly in the console ('foo=flop' e.g.)
cache+=('POST /foo/bar?key=$apikey&flop=$flop')
cache+=('PUT  /foo/bar?key=$apikey&foo=$foo')

# lets teach some history 
teach(){
  for line in "${cache[@]}"; do
    history -s -- "$line"
  done
}

docurl(){
  line="$1"; line="${line// \// $rooturl/}"; line="$(echo "$line" | sed 's/&/\\&/g' )"
  line="$(eval "echo "$line"")"
  [[ ! "$line" == ^GET ]] && args="${line//*\?/}" && line="${line//\?*/}"
  echo "=> $line"
  echo "=> $args"
  curl --data-urlencode "$args" -X ${line}; printf "\n\n";
}

process(){
  [[ "$1" =~ ^POST ]] || [[ "$1" =~ ^GET ]] || [[ "$1" =~ ^PUT ]] || [[ "$1" =~ "DELETE" ]] && {
    docurl "$line"
    return 0;
  }
  [[ "$1" == "exit" ]] || [[ "$1" == "quit" ]] && exit 0
  eval "$line" # just allow inline bashscript 
  teach
}

subconsole(){
  echo -e "type 'exit' to quit\n"
  while IFS="" read -r -e -d $'\n' -p "$2> " line; do
    "$1" "$line"
    # history -s "$line" # lets not add performed command to history
  done
}

echo -e "\npress arrow up to cycle suggestions\n"
teach; subconsole process "$rooturl"