Bash script to create Azure DevOps PAT token programmatically. Note, creation of PATs under service principals is NOT supported

ado_create_pat_token.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -x

patName="nameOfThePatToken"

adoOrgName="yourOrgName"
apiVersion="7.1-preview.1"

apiUri="https://vssps.dev.azure.com/$adoOrgName/_apis/tokens/pats?api-version=$apiVersion"
validTo=$(date -d '+90 days' +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3NZ')

jsonString=$(cat <<EOF
{
    "displayName": "$patName",
    "scope": "vso.code",
    "validTo": "$validTo",
    "allOrgs": true
}
EOF
)

echo "Display all existing PATs"
az rest --method GET --resource "https://management.core.windows.net/" --uri $apiUri


echo "Create a new PAT"
set +x
PAT=$(az rest --method POST --resource "https://management.core.windows.net/" --uri $apiUri --body "$jsonString" | jq -r .patToken.token)
set +x
echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ADO_PAT_TOKEN;issecret=true]$PAT"