Find an app on Cloud Foundry with the exact app name given. Searches through all apps visible to the currently logged in user.

find_app.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Find an app with an exact name, app must be visible to the logged in user
#
set -e

function load_all_pages {
    URL="$1"
    DATA=""
    until [ "$URL" == "null" ]; do
        RESP=$(cf curl "$URL")
        DATA+=$(echo "$RESP" | jq .resources)
        URL=$(echo "$RESP" | jq -r .next_url)
    done
    # dump the data
    echo "$DATA" | jq .[] | jq -s
}

function load_all_apps {
    load_all_pages "/v2/apps"
}

function main {
    if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
        echo
        echo "USAGE:"
        echo "    ./find_app.sh <name>"
        echo
        exit 255
    fi

    APPS=$(load_all_apps)
    APP=$(echo "$APPS" | jq -r ".[] | select(.entity.name == \"$1\")")

    if [ "$APP" != "" ]; then
        SPACE_URL=$(echo "$APP" | jq -r ".entity.space_url")
        SPACE=$(cf curl "$SPACE_URL")
        SPACE_NAME=$(echo "$SPACE" | jq -r ".entity.name")

        ORG_URL=$(echo "$SPACE" | jq -r ".entity.organization_url")
        ORG=$(cf curl "$ORG_URL")
        ORG_NAME=$(echo "$ORG" | jq -r ".entity.name")

        echo "Found App [$1] in org [$ORG_NAME] and space [$SPACE_NAME]"
    else
        echo "App does not exist or is not visible to the currently logged in user."
    fi
}

main "$@"