Trigger Directory Syncs using the REST API

#!/bin/bash

set -x

# we need the base URL of the app (ie: https://jira.domain.com)
BASEURL=$1
[ -z "$BASEURL" ] && echo "usage: $0 BASEURL" && exit 1

# build the URL needed to grab the xtoken
URL="$BASEURL/plugins/servlet/embedded-crowd/directories/list"

# store the cookie as a temp file that is deleted as we finish
COOKIE=/tmp/GetRest.$$
RESP=/tmp/GetToken.$$

# login and save the cookie
curl -k -c $COOKIE -s -X POST \
 --data 'os_username=your_admin_username'  --data 'os_password=your_admin_password' --data "formname=loginform" --data "login='Log In'" \
 "$BASEURL/dologin.action" -o /dev/null

# get the list of sync opertaions by getting the URL with the cookie
curl -k -b $COOKIE -s -X GET "$URL" > $RESP

# here is an example of the sync operation
# href="/plugins/servlet/embedded-crowd/directories/sync?directoryId=10501&atl_token=d5265f974829752eaa45a94011452b1b05f3f730">

# look for all of the available sync operations and call each one-by-one
for i in `grep /sync $RESP | grep atl_token= | grep -v "{id}" | sed 's/^.*href="//; s/".$//'` ; do
        curl -k -b $COOKIE -s -X GET "$BASEURL$i"
done

# delete the temp files
rm -f $COOKIE $TOKEN