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user3616128
user3616128

Reputation: 377

Escape double quotes in URL for execution with curl command

I have the following URL to be executed with curl

my $workItemCommentorURL = "://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId="$id"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title"

I get the error as:

Scalar found where operator expected at ./clone.pl line 90, near ""://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId="$id"
    (Missing operator before $id?)
String found where operator expected at ./clone.pl line 90, near "$id"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title""

Tried to escape double quotes with following options:

"://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId=\"&id\"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title"
"https://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:\"userId=" .$id. "\"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title"

With this able to get the result but still getting the warning message as:

sh: oslc_cm.properties=dc:title: command not found

How should I escape the quotes in URL to get the result without warning sh: oslc_cm.properties=dc:title: command not found

My code is:

my $workItemCommentorURL = "https://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId=\"$id\"&oslc_cm.
my $result = qx(curl -s -D - -k  -b ~/.jazzcookies -o commentor.json -H \"Accept: application/x-oslc-cm-changerequest+json\" $workItemCommentorURL);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1451

Answers (2)

tuomassalo
tuomassalo

Reputation: 9101

The message you get from sh is caused by the & in the url. The url needs to be escaped/quoted for the shell. Otherwise the shell interprets the & as a special character.

Try this (notice the single quotes):

my $result = qx(curl -s -D - -k  -b ~/.jazzcookies -o commentor.json -H 'Accept: application/x-oslc-cm-changerequest+json' '$workItemCommentorURL');

Upvotes: 4

Miller
Miller

Reputation: 35198

If you don't want to interpolate variables. Use single quotes:

my $workItemCommentorURL = '://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId="$id"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title';

If you do want interpolation, then use the alternative form qq{}:

my $workItemCommentorURL = qq{://xyz.com/jazz/oslc/users.json?oslc_cm.query=rtc_cm:userId="$id"&oslc_cm.properties=dc:title};

Upvotes: 2

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