Running multiple Jamf policies in bash or python; minimal examples

bash-multiple-jamf-policies.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Policy IDs or custom trigger names
# Bash arrays are specified like the provided example; surround custom triggers with
# quotes, and leave policy ids as "bare" integers
POLICIES=( "custom" "triggers" 523 32 )

for i in "${POLICIES[@]}"; do
	# test if array element is an integer, ie. a policy id
	if [ "$i" -eq "$i" ] 2>/dev/null
	then
		/usr/local/bin/jamf policy -id "${i}"
	else
		/usr/local/bin/jamf policy -event "${i}"
	fi
done

python-multiple-jamf-policies.py

#!/usr/bin/python


import subprocess


# Policy IDs or custom trigger names
# Python lists are specified like the provided example; surround custom triggers with
# quotes, and leave policy ids as "bare" integers; delimit with commas
POLICIES = ["custom", "triggers", 523, 32]


def run_jamf_policy(p):
    """Runs a jamf policy by id or event name"""
    cmd = ['/usr/local/bin/jamf', 'policy']
    if isinstance(p, basestring):
        cmd.extend(['-event', p])
    elif isinstance(p, int):
        cmd.extend(['-id', str(p)])
    else:
        raise TypeError('Policy identifier must be int or str')
    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    out, err = proc.communicate()
    result_dict = {
        "stdout": out,
        "stderr": err,
        "status": proc.returncode,
        "success": True if proc.returncode == 0 else False
    }
    return result_dict
    

def main():
    """Main"""
    for policy in POLICIES:
    	run_jamf_policy(policy)
    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()