read group settings from file?
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Luke Jaeger
Oct 5, 2023, 1:15:57 PM10/5/23
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I have a bash script to update user lists in my group, and I'd like it to apply my preferred group settings as well.
My settings are in a text file that looks like this: (no line breaks in the file)
allowExternalMembers false allowGoogleCommunication false allowWebPosting true [...]
but when I run this part of the script
I get an error because the output of 'cat' comes back in single quotes.
Is there a better way to do this? I know this is kind of a bash question but hoping someone here has solved this already.
My settings are in a text file that looks like this: (no line breaks in the file)
allowExternalMembers false allowGoogleCommunication false allowWebPosting true [...]
but when I run this part of the script
theSettings=$(cat /path/to/group_settings.txt) ;
/Applications/gam update group someGroup "$theSettings" ;
I get an error because the output of 'cat' comes back in single quotes.
Is there a better way to do this? I know this is kind of a bash question but hoping someone here has solved this already.
thanks!
Ross Scroggs
Oct 5, 2023, 1:47:11 PM10/5/23
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Luke,
Each of the keywords and values must appear on the command line as a separate argument.
I don't know how to get bash to do that.
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Ross Scroggs
Oct 5, 2023, 2:11:27 PM10/5/23
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Luke,
You can do this:
Make group_settings.json
{"allowExternalMembers": False, "allowGoogleCommunication": False, "allowWebPosting": True}
gam update group someGroup json file group_settings.json
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Ross Scroggs
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Luke Jaeger
Oct 5, 2023, 3:14:49 PM10/5/23
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Thanks Ross!
When I try:
gam update group someGroup json file /path/to/settings.json
I get:
ERROR: json is not a valid argument for "gam update group"
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Ross Scroggs
Oct 5, 2023, 3:17:20 PM10/5/23
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Luke Jaeger
Oct 5, 2023, 3:21:56 PM10/5/23
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everything’s current I think --
GAM 6.58 - https://jaylee.us/gam - pyinstaller
Jay Lee <jay...@gmail.com>
Python 3.11.3 64-bit final
google-api-python-client 2.86.0
MacOS Ventura 13.6 x86_64
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Ross Scroggs
Oct 5, 2023, 3:24:35 PM10/5/23
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Luke,
You have Standard GAM, it does not support JSON data as input; you need Advanced GAM.
If you'd like, send me a Meet/Zoom invitation and I'll walk you through the updrade.
Ross
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Luke Jaeger
Oct 24, 2023, 9:43:40 AM10/24/23
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Thank you, I’ll give that a shot!
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Luke Jaeger
Nov 2, 2023, 11:25:17 AM11/2/23
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hi Ross, I got part way thru the GAMADV-XTD3 “upgrade from standard GAM" process but it seems I don’t have an oauth2service.json file anywhere.
I would greatly appreciate your help ... can we schedule a zoom call at some point?
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Ross Scroggs
Nov 2, 2023, 11:27:23 AM11/2/23
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You should have had client_secrets.json and oauth2service.json files in the same folder as the gam executable.
Ross
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Luke Jaeger
Nov 2, 2023, 11:36:01 AM11/2/23
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Nope! Not sure how it’s been working without it, but it’s not there:
drwxr-xr-x 11 ljaeger admin 352 Sep 5 09:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 ljaeger staff 192 Nov 2 11:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ljaeger admin 79259 Apr 26 2023 GamCommands.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ljaeger admin 11357 Apr 26 2023 LICENSE
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 ljaeger admin 432 Aug 14 2018 client_secrets.json
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ljaeger admin 28251744 Apr 26 2023 gam
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ljaeger admin 10 Nov 2 11:11 lastupdatecheck.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ljaeger admin 1949 Oct 24 09:47 oauth2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 ljaeger admin 0 Oct 24 09:47 oauth2.txt.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 ljaeger admin 67484 Apr 26 2023 roots.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 ljaeger admin 39059 Jan 2 2020 whatsnew.txt
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