When using curl command to make API calls, the process fails with no errors!

Products

• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

When using curl on the command line on Linux some Autosys API calls work as expected and others do not.
A working curl call:
# autorep -g MyGlobalVariable
Global Name              Value                Last Changed
________________________________________________________________________________
MyGlobalVariable     GrandCentral     02/11/2021 15:43:14

# curl -k -X GET --user ${user} https:/<PrimaryScheduler>:<AppPort>/AEWS/gvar/MyGlobalVariable -H "Content-Type: application/json" | json_pp

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
 Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 182 0 182 0 0 71 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 71
{
 "value" : "GrandCentral",
 "updateTime" : "2021-02-11T20:43:14+0000",
 "self" : {
 "@href" : "https://<PrimaryScheduler>:<AppPort>/AEWS/gvar/MyGlobalVariable",
 "@rel" : "self"
 },
 "name" : "MyGlobalVariable"
}

Not working CURL call:
# curl -k -X POST --user ${user} https://<PrimaryScheduler>:<AppPort>/AEWS/event/set-gvar/MyGlobalVariable --data {"gvarValue":"Wednesday"} -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# autorep -g MyGlobalVariable
Global Name Value Last Changed
___________________________________________________________________________
MyGlobalVariable GrandCentral 02/11/2021 15:43:14

Environment

Autosys 12.x
Linux

Cause

The problem is how Linux deals with double quotes on the command line interface

Resolution

Double quotes must be escaped.
Example:
Testing for value:
# autorep -g MyTESTVariable
CAUAJM_E_50182 Invalid Global Variable Name: MyTESTVariable

Rest API call using CURL:
# curl -k -X POST --user ${user} https://<PrimaryScheduler>:<AppPort>/AEWS/event/set-gvar/MyTESTVariable  -d {\"gvarValue\":\"NewVariable\"} -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Validating new value:
# autorep -g MyTESTVariable
Global Name                                   Value                                    Last Changed
_______________________________________________________________
MyTESTVariable                        NewVariable                    12/11/2024 15:49:27