curl based api

curl

saltmaster=testmaster

token=$(curl -si $saltmaster:8000/login -H "Accept: application/json" -d username='user' -d password='password' -d eauth='pam' | awk '/return/ {print $9}' | sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/,//')

jid=$(curl -sS $saltmaster:8000/minions -H "Accept: application/x-yaml" -H "X-Auth-Token: ${token}" -d client="local" -d tgt="testmaster.spottrading.com" -d expr_form='glob' -d fun='state.sls' -d arg='netapi.ping' -d arg='env=Staging' | awk '/^-\ jid/ {print $3}' | sed -e "s/'//g")

curl -sS $saltmaster:8000/jobs/${jid} -H 'Accept: application/x-yaml' -H "X-Auth-Token: ${token}"

output

$ curl -sS $saltmaster:8000/jobs/${jid} -H 'Accept: application/x-yaml' -H "X-Auth-Token: ${token}"
return:
- testmaster.spottrading.com:
    file_|-manage_some_random_file_|-/tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf-txt_|-managed:
      __run_num__: 0
      changes: {}
      comment: File /tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt is in the correct state
      name: /tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt
      result: true