Programmatic method to change a Jamf Pro server's Activation Code via the Classic API for Jamf Pro 10.35.0 and later.

Change Jamf Pro Activation Code.zsh

#!/bin/zsh

# server connection information
URL="https://jss.talkingmoose.net:8443"
userName="JSSAPI-Editor"
password="password"

# use base64 to encode credentials
encodedCredentials=$( printf "$userName:$password" | iconv -t ISO-8859-1 | base64 -i - )

# XML data to upload
THExml="<activation_code>
  <organization_name>Talking Moose Industries</organization_name>
  <code>V7OV-XDEU-DOBI-UDEU-7DEU-DOUD-QRUD-EGNR</code>
</activation_code>"

# flattened XML
flatXML=$( /usr/bin/xmllint --noblanks - <<< "$THExml" )

# API submission command
/usr/bin/curl "$URL/JSSResource/activationcode" \
--header "Content-Type: text/xml" \
--header "Authorization: Basic $encodedCredentials" \
--request PUT \
--data "$flatXML"

exit 0