Script to create secrets on my personal API

create-secret.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to display usage information
usage() {
  echo "Usage: $0 <secret_value>"
  exit 1
}

# Check if a secret value is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  usage
fi

# Assign the first argument to the SECRET variable
SECRET=$1

# Define the base API endpoint
BASE_API_URL="https://api.syntaqx.com/secrets"

# Define the JSON payload
JSON_PAYLOAD="{\"secret\": \"$SECRET\"}"

# Create a temporary directory and ensure cleanup
TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
cleanup() {
  rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
}
trap cleanup EXIT

# Define temporary files
RESPONSE_BODY_FILE="$TMP_DIR/response_body.txt"
STATUS_CODE_FILE="$TMP_DIR/status_code.txt"

# Post the secret value to the API and capture the response body and HTTP status code
curl -s -o "$RESPONSE_BODY_FILE" -w "%{http_code}" -X POST "$BASE_API_URL" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d "$JSON_PAYLOAD" > "$STATUS_CODE_FILE"

# Extract the HTTP status code from the response
HTTP_STATUS=$(cat "$STATUS_CODE_FILE")

# Extract the body from the response
RESPONSE_BODY=$(<"$RESPONSE_BODY_FILE")

# Check if the HTTP status code is 200 (success)
if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" -ne 200 ]; then
  echo "Error: Received HTTP status code $HTTP_STATUS"
  echo "Response from API: $RESPONSE_BODY"
  exit 1
fi

# Extract the ID from the response body
ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE_BODY" | jq -r '.id')

# Create the read link
READ_LINK="$BASE_API_URL/$ID"

# Output the read link
echo "$READ_LINK"