jamf-API-Computers-SetEA.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# Set an Extension Attribute's Value
#
# This is a simple script sets a value to a given EA using the API.
#
# Ralph Casafrancisco
# http://github.com/allkindsofralph
# 2019-May-09
#
# CODE was UTILIZED/CUSTOMIZED from https://configautomation.com/attach-workflow-jamf.html

# UDID of the device is passed to script in environment variable
udid=$UDID

# Account properties
accountName="yourAccountName"
accountPassword="yourAccountPassword"
jssServerURL="https://my.jss:8443"

# Extension Attribute properties
eaName="Extension Attribute Name"
eaName=$(echo "${eaName}" | sed 's/ /%20/g') # Replace spaces with percent encoding
eaValue="Value"

# Get the ID of the Extension Attribute specified by name
eaID=$( /usr/bin/curl -sku ${accountName}:${accountPassword} -H "Accept: text/xml" ${jssServerURL}/JSSResource/computerextensionattributes/name/${eaName} | xpath '/computer_extension_attribute/id/text()')

# The XML for setting the value of the Extension Attribute
eaPutXML="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>
<computer>
	<extension_attributes>
		<extension_attribute>
			<id>${eaID}</id>
			<value>${eaValue}</value>
		</extension_attribute>
	</extension_attributes>
</computer>"

# Set the value of the Extension Attribute
/usr/bin/curl -v -sS -k -i -u ${accountName}:${accountPassword} -v -X PUT -H "Content-Type: text/xml" -d "$eaPutXML" ${jssServerURL}/JSSResource/computers/udid/${udid}