Bash Store Curl Results into Array

Question

I am running the following curl command:

results=$(curl -USERNAME:PASSWORD "URL/search/dates?dateFields=created&from=${Three_Months_Ago}&today&repos=generic-sgca")
echo "$results"

I am getting this in return:

"results" : [ {
    "uri" : "URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Lastest_Deploy.tar",
    "created" : "2017-09-14T11:59:14.483-06:00"
  }, {
    "uri" : "URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.5/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-linux-x64-installer.run",
    "created" : "2017-09-14T20:11:37.733-06:00"
  }

It doesn't seem to actually be storing the curl results as an array. I want to be able to store each "uri" as a variable and use an "-X DELETE" command to remove each file. How can I get the "uri" line on it's own, remove the "created" option.

EDIT:

I've used the following command:

results=$(curl -username:password "URL/api/search/dates?dateFields=created&from=${Three_Months_Ago}&today&repos=generic-sgca" | jq -r '.results[].uri')
echo "$results"

I got this in return:

URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Lastest_Deploy.tar
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.5/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.5/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.99/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.99/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.2.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.2.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-100.0.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-100.0.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-101.0.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-101.0.0/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-99.9.9/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-99.9.9/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-windows-installer.exe
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-99.9.91/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-linux-x64-installer.run
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-99.9.91/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-2-windows-installer.exe

Now I want to run a curl -X DELETE command to delete each of those urls from my Artifactory page. The command would be:

curl username:password -X DELETE "URL FROM ABOVE"

But I can't figure out how to store each line as a separate variable so I can delete each one.

It doesn't seem to because it isn't. You are just saving a single JSON string. — chepner
– chepner, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 16:06

chepner · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-04 16:08:31Z

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Use jq to extract the URLs.

$ curl ... | jq -r '.results[].uri'
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Lastest_Deploy.tar
URL/api/storage/generic-sgca/Installer-Deploy-0.0.5/SignalStudioPro-Alpha-1-linux-x64-installer.run

Then use your favorite correct technique for iterating over the output of a command line-by-line; see Bash FAQ 001 for details.

(I'm assuming a URL will not contain a newline; if that's the case, switch to a different language that can handle arbitrary data more easily.)

answered Dec 4, 2017 at 16:08

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2 Comments

VivaLaRobo Over a year ago

Thanks for your help, I've updated my OP. Mind taking a look? Need help storing each line as separate variables so I can delete each URL.

chepner Over a year ago

Did you look at Bash FAQ 001 yet?

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