How to write pass input into this specific Unix Scripting

Question

I am trying to make this commands, which can create a repo in my own github account.

#!/bin/bash
a=$1
curl -u 'MYNAME' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":$a}'

But it does not work as I expected. The point is that, how can I pass $1, which is the first argument, into $a.

By the way, this manual code works:

curl -u 'MYNAME' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"NEW_FOLDER"}'

Moreover, if I makes the code like

curl -u 'MYNAME' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"$1"}'

the corresponding folder created will named as -1, which is not what I am looking for.

PS: if I makes the code like

curl -u 'MYNAME' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":'"$a"'}'

Then the above turns out to be an error.

shawn:~$ ./gitcp test
Enter host password for user 'MYNAME': 
{
  "message": "Problems parsing JSON",
  "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3"
}

`a="$1"` and `"name":"$a"` having them inside " should do the trick. — Fernando Martín Besteiro, Jul 01 '15 at 19:20
I have tried this before. It does create a folder, but the name is -a. — ArtificiallyIntelligence, Jul 01 '15 at 20:19
@fmbesteiro I tried. See my original post. the corresponding folder created will named as -1, which is not what I am looking for. — ArtificiallyIntelligence, Jul 01 '15 at 20:56
`curl -u 'MYNAME' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "\'{\"name\":\"$1\"}\'"` what about this chunk? It escapes most special chars — Fernando Martín Besteiro, Jul 01 '15 at 21:00
@skrrgwasme the question is inappropriately considered as a duplicate question. So I cannot publish separate answer. — ArtificiallyIntelligence, Jul 01 '15 at 21:07
@PabPeter That was my bad. I misread the phrase "it turns out to be an error..." and thought you were appending a solution to the end of your question. My mistake. — skrrgwasme, Jul 01 '15 at 21:09
@PabPeter If you edit the question to include an explanation of why the suggested duplicate is not actually correct, then it can possibly get reopened. — skrrgwasme, Jul 01 '15 at 21:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Replace

'{"name":$a}'

by

'{"name":'\""$a"\"'}'

See: Difference between single and double quotes in bash

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 19:22

Cyrus

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Thanks @EtanReisner, I did not notice them like that – Eric Renouf Jul 01 '15 at 19:51
It does not work. shawn:~$ ./gitcp test Enter host password for user 'MYNAME': { "message": "Problems parsing JSON", "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3" } shawn:~$ – ArtificiallyIntelligence Jul 01 '15 at 20:18
@PabPeter: I've updated my answer. – Cyrus Jul 01 '15 at 20:23
My password is correct. But it still says something wrong. Enter host password for user 'MYNAME': { "message": "Validation Failed", "errors": [ { "resource": "Repository", "code": "missing_field", "field": "name" }, { "resource": "Repository", "code": "custom", "field": "name", "message": "name is too short (minimum is 1 characters)" } ], "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#create" } – ArtificiallyIntelligence Jul 01 '15 at 20:30

How to write pass input into this specific Unix Scripting

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