Bash variable not working in http request/response body

Question

#!/bin/bash

object=$1
tenant=$2

server=$(sshpass -p 'password' ssh -tt root@ipaddress "/opt/something/sh/mysql -A 'admin_site' -e 'select id from something_servers where tenantcode=$2' | grep -o '[0-9]*'")

http -b "http://ipaddress/?app=something&t=users&v=users&server=$server&apikey=apikey&action=something.$1.list"

Everything seems to work fine. The value of variable $server is "24" as it should be. But still, when I call upon it in the http request it simply won't work... I honestly have no clue. I tested the variable's value by echoing it and it's correct. But for some reason when using it in the request it doesn't.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Your code creates a variable called object and you set its value to the value stored in a variable called 1.

It creates a variable called tenant and sets it to the value of what's stored in the variable called 2.

It then creates a variable called server and then calls a subshell and runs the routine between $().

In the subroutine:

You use single quotes around

-e 'select id from something_servers where tenantcode=$2'

But for variable interpolation to work, you would need to use double quotes

Maybe that is your issue?