Create and retrieve a snapshot from a VNS3 manager

snapshot.sh

#!/bin/bash
command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "This script requires curl, but it's not installed.  Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }
MGRIP=10.0.0.10  
APIPW=pa55Word  
SNAPSHOTJSON=`curl -k -X POST -u api:$APIPW https://$MGRIP:8000/api/snapshots`
SNAPSHOTNAME=$(echo $SNAPSHOTJSON | grep -Po '"response":{.*?[^\\]"' | awk '{split($0,a,"{"); print a[2]}' )
curl -k -X GET -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://api:$APIPW@$MGRIP:8000/api/snapshots/${SNAPSHOTNAME//\"} -o ${SNAPSHOTNAME//\"}
echo "Created and retrieved $SNAPSHOTNAME"