Download iCloud file from shared link using bash - bash

Question

I want to download a file from iCloud. I can share a link to a file. However the file is not directly linked in the urls, but the "real" download url can be retrieved:
#!/bin/bash
# given "https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/<ID>#<Filename>
ID="...."
URL=$(curl 'https://ckdatabasews.icloud.com/database/1/com.apple.cloudkit/production/public/records/resolve' \
--data-raw '{"shortGUIDs":[{"value":"$ID"}]}' --compressed \
jq -r '.results[0].rootRecord.fields.fileContent.value.downloadURL')
curl "$URL" -o myfile.ext
Sorce: https://gist.github.com/jpillora/702ded79330043e38e8202b5c73835e5
"fileContent" : {
"value" : {
...
"downloadURL" : "https://cvws.icloud-content.com/B/CYo..."
},
This is, however not working:
rl: (6) Could not resolve host: jq
curl: (3) nested brace in URL position 17:
{
"results" : [ {
"shortGUID" : {
"value" : "$ID",
"shouldFetchRootRecord" : true
},
"reason" : "shortGUID cannot be null or empty",
"serverErrorCode" : "BAD_REQUEST"
} ]
}
Any ideas, what I can do to make this work?

Answer 1

as #dan mentioned, jq is not a curl argument, its a separate command. hence you would need to | pipe it instead of \.
So the command would look something like this:
URL=$(curl 'https://ckdatabasews.icloud.com/database/1/com.apple.cloudkit/production/public/records/resolve' \ --data-raw '{"shortGUIDs":[{"value":"$ID"}]}' --compressed | jq -r '.results[0].rootRecord.fields.fileContent.value.downloadURL')

Answer 2

I solved it by installing jq and adding the ID directly instead of using $id. Just installing jq was not sufficient.
brew install jq
#!/bin/bash
# given "https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/<ID>#<Filename>
URL=$(curl 'https://ckdatabasews.icloud.com/database/1/com.apple.cloudkit/production/public/records/resolve' \
--data-raw '{"shortGUIDs":[{"value":"ID"}]}' --compressed | jq -r '.results[0].rootRecord.fields.fileContent.value.downloadURL')
Echo $url
curl "$URL" -o myfile.ext