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Ubuntu – GitLab CI curl command failure

Im having problems running an API call towards GitLab to update a group variable in our GitLab instance.

Running the command below works fine when running locally, but Im having issue running the same command with GitLab pipelines.

curl --request PUT 
      --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_API_TOKEN" 
      --header "Content-Type: application/json" 
      --data "$token" 
      "https://$GILAB_URL/api/v4/groups/$GITLAB_GROUP/variables/VARIABLE"

Have also tried

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_API_TOKEN" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"value": "'$token'"}' "https://$GILAB_URL/api/v4/groups/$GITLAB_GROUP/variables/VARIABLE"

Error message from GitLab pipelines:
{"message":{"value":["is invalid"]}}

It works when I hardcode the token value in the curl command aswell.
Value of $token "similar to this"

eyJ9ZXGiOiIyIiwidHlwIjoiSldUIiwiYWxnIjoiUlMyNTYiLCJraWQiOiJLNlh5ZFJFZlhJTmNuaDM1WVRsTlFZajNUSDBKQk1MN0VLRWJCLWIz0ENZIn0.eyJzdWIiOiJjMy1vaWRjL2NhdGNoLWFsbCIsInNjcCI6ImFwcGxpZWFiTcGVybWlzc2lvbnMvZ3JvdXBzOlwiZDAzCjUyOTctMWQ0ZS00RGFiLTlkNDEtNDgwZDBkMDk3KuWRiXCIsXCI1OTYzNGRjOC04YzMwLTRlMGUtOThkNC05NDFhOGQ5MTgxNWJcIiwiLCJhdWQiOlsiamZydEAqIiwiamChY0AqIiwiamZtY0AqIiwiamZtZEAqIiwiamZldnRAKiIsImpmeGZlckAqIiwiamZsbmtABosYImpmaW50QCoiLCJqZndrc0AqIl0sImlzcyI6ImpmYWNAMDFlcHk2Zm1xcXJtNWQwdjRyNWdhZTE5cmIiLCJleHAiOjE3MzAzNjU0NjUsImlhdCI6MTczMDM2NTE2NSwAPpIjoiMDdjZTlmZDQtOWQwYS00YmEwLTk3OTYtNWRhZGNlYmQxYTc2In0.FyQ2f1QIRkX3ZeXX2hkgtk1ilZxFFCh6CnRPEufyvaXDLeryvMRGjW73phj45aQiO9MWEHPSDbFVQuKTtxgZUSqZDY7V0osz28OMW5if1tMgOlHkrjre06K37Afbi8UkKvNA-fLn8s0eMut8a6sotKagH8Z5BACG4ziLY7TTQfUTIZSOxMNHyWRrbdSvBL-Nh-4FziCaAY6WdojeZNOpoWp9PLJQrYwEpKrBJ08IYT6Ie5JP2IdFga5ZP4lqc6pLPXfnnU1MBn94HdUVlhFfZUYmlJpD_U4mSA8L5aBgrrw7epUgNRKhCHdJoOhONoCgli5WmqR9NvLBEP53Q5yvCB

Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks!

  • Hardcoding token value in curl command by replacing it with $token
  • Works locally on (mac) / gitlab runners use ubuntu.
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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Got it work now. The issue was that my token had a special characther "=" so I had to encode it before.

    encoded_token=$(printf '%s' "$token" | jq -sRr @uri)

    Thanks for your help!


  2. 0

    Try below that will work

    curl --request PUT 
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_API_TOKEN" 
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" 
     --data "{"value": "$token"}" 
     "https://$GITLAB_URL/api/v4/groups/$GITLAB_GROUP/variables/VARIABLE"

    You used single quote within single quote without escape character.

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