A bash script to make AIP deletion requests from an Archivematica Storage Service

delete_aip.sh

#!/bin/bash

#DEFAULTS 
#You can get this information from the Archivematica dashboard in the adminstration tab under general.
#Dashboard
PIPELINEUUID=aaaaaaaa-aaaa-4fc8-a24b-d8bd4d584375
USERID=1

#Storage Service
SSURL=http://xxxx.archivematica.org:8000
USERNAME=test
#APIKEY is needed for storage service 0.9.x and later
APIKEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
       
echo 'Welcome to the AIP Deletion Request Generator.'  
echo 'We are pleased to help you today.'

echo 'But first, I have questions: '

echo -n 'Reason for deletion: '
read EVENTREASON

#echo -n 'Pipeline uuid: '
#read PIPELINEUUID

echo -n 'Your email address: '
read USEREMAIL

echo -n 'UUID of AIP to delete: '
read AIPUUID

#echo -n 'Storage Service username: '
#read USERNAME

#echo -n 'API Key: '
#read APIKEY

DATA='{"event_reason": "'$EVENTREASON'", "pipeline": "'$PIPELINEUUID'", "user_email": "'$USEREMAIL'", "user_id": 1}' 
URL=$SSURL'/api/v2/file/'$AIPUUID'/delete_aip/?username='$USERNAME'&api_key='$APIKEY
 
#echo $DATA
#echo $URL

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$DATA" $URL 2>/dev/null 

Copy this file to your computer (desktop/laptop, not the Archivematica server).
Make the file executable (chmod +x in a terminal on os x or linux)
Run it like:

./delete_aip.sh