OVH API Bash client

A bash client for OVH API (https://api.ovh.com/)

Initialize

Retrieve dependency

First in order to retrieve needed dependency, run:

    make

Create an OVH API Application

In order to create a new OVH API application, run:

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --initApp

Create a Consumer Key

In order to create a new consumer key, run:

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --init

Options

Show help

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --help

Possible arguments are:

  --url <url>             : the API URL to call, for example /domains (default is /me)
  --method <method>       : the HTTP method to use, for example POST (default is GET)
  --data <JSON data>      : the data body to send with the request
  --target <CA|EU>        : the target API (default is EU)
  --init                  : to initialize the consumer key, and manage custom access rules file
  --initApp               : to initialize the API application
  --list-profile          : list available profiles in ~/.ovh-api-bash-client/profile directory
  --profile <value>
            * default : from ~/.ovh-api-bash-client/profile directory
            * <dir>   : from ~/.ovh-api-bash-client/profile/<dir> directory

Usage

Just some examples:

To make a basic call on GET /me just run:

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh

To retrieve your domain list, run:

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --url "/domain"

To activate the monitoring on your dedicated server, run:

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --method PUT --url "/dedicated/server/ns00000.ovh.net" --data '{"monitoring": true}'

To create a Consumer key for different account or usage (profile is created if missing)

    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --profile demo1 --init
    ./ovh-api-bash-client.sh --profile demo2 --init

Embedded lib for external scripts

See contrib/ directory