Bash alias parameter inside single+double quotes

Question

I am trying to create an alias for creating a GitHub repo using the terminal and the command to do so is curl -u 'username' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"repo_name"}'

I've defined a function inside my .zshrc file gitcreate() that is supposed to create a GitHub repo using the first parameter as its name

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

unfortunately, I keep getting the error {"message": "Problems parsing JSON", "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/reference/repos#create-a-repository-for-the-authenticated-user"} I've tried escaping the $ and other suggestions I read online but nothing worked and I was hoping someone has a simple solution to this/can refer me to somewhere I might be able to find an answer. thanks!

Research the difference between single and double quotes. How does `echo "$var"` differ from `echo '$var'`? — KamilCuk, Oct 27 '21 at 09:23
Are you asking about [tag:bash] or [tag:zsh]? You can't be using both at the same time. — tripleee, Oct 27 '21 at 09:27
With the GitHub CLI, it would be `gh repo create "$1"` (see [here](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo_create)). — Benjamin W., Oct 27 '21 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '21 at 09:24

1

Just

"{\"name\":\"$1\"}"

or

'{"name":"'"$1"'"}'

but at best would be to use proper JSON tool:

data=$(jq -n --arg arg "$1" '{"name": $arg}')
curl ...  "$data"

answered Oct 27 '21 at 09:24

KamilCuk

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the second suggestion worked perfectly, thanks! – Kaleb Oct 28 '21 at 01:09

Bash alias parameter inside single+double quotes

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