Tip to retreive a Room Identifier from the Spark API

spark-room-id.sh

# This tip shows how to retreive a Spark Room Id with the Cisco Spark API
# It leverages curl, jq and base64 commands

# Let’s retreive Room Details for "spark4devs"
> SPARK_TOKEN="pick your spark token from https://developer.ciscospark.com"
> curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPARK_TOKEN" "https://api.ciscospark.com/v1/rooms?max=1000" | jq '.items[] | select(.title | contains("spark4dev"))'
{                                                                                                     
  "id": "Y2lzY29zcGFyazovL3VzL1JPT00vZDJmZGUwOTAtOWQwYy0xMWU1LWFlZWQtMjE3NmZkY2Q4YTU4",               
  "title": "#spark4dev - Public Support for Cisco Spark API",                                         
  "type": "group",                                                                                    
  "isLocked": true,                                                                                   
  "lastActivity": "2017-01-05T08:29:24.936Z",                                                         
  "creatorId": "Y2lzY29zcGFyazovL3VzL1BFT1BMRS9mNWIzNjE4Ny1jOGRkLTQ3MjctOGIyZi1mOWM0NDdmMjkwNDY",     
  "created": "2015-12-07T18:03:30.969Z"                                                               
}                                                                                                     

# Decode 64 the Room API id
> echo "Y2lzY29zcGFyazovL3VzL1JPT00vZDJmZGUwOTAtOWQwYy0xMWU1LWFlZWQtMjE3NmZkY2Q4YTU4" | base64 --decode
ciscospark://us/ROOM/d2fde090-9d0c-11e5-aeed-2176fdcd8a58