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Bash script to fetch AWS spot pricing
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Colors | |
BLUE='\033[0;34m' | |
GREEN='\033[0;32m' | |
YELLOW='\033[1;33m' | |
RED='\033[0;31m' | |
NC='\033[0m' # No Color | |
BOLD='\033[1m' | |
# Default debug flag | |
DEBUG=false | |
# Function to print debug messages | |
debug() { | |
if [ "$DEBUG" = true ]; then | |
echo -e "${YELLOW}DEBUG: $1${NC}" >&2 | |
fi | |
} | |
# Function to show usage | |
usage() { | |
echo -e "${YELLOW}Usage: $0 [-d] <region> <instance-type>${NC}" | |
echo -e "${BLUE}Options:${NC}" | |
echo -e " -d Enable debug output" | |
echo -e "${BLUE}Example: $0 -d us-east-1 t3.micro${NC}" | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
# Get ISO 8601 timestamp that works on both Linux and macOS | |
get_iso_time() { | |
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then | |
# macOS version | |
date -u -v-1H "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" | |
else | |
# Linux version | |
date -u -d '1 hour ago' '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S' | |
fi | |
} | |
# Check required commands | |
for cmd in aws jq; do | |
if ! command -v $cmd &> /dev/null; then | |
echo -e "${RED}❌ Error: $cmd is not installed${NC}" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
done | |
# Parse command line options | |
while getopts ":d" opt; do | |
case ${opt} in | |
d ) | |
DEBUG=true | |
;; | |
\? ) | |
usage | |
;; | |
esac | |
done | |
shift $((OPTIND -1)) | |
# Input Validation | |
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then | |
usage | |
fi | |
# Input Parameters | |
REGION="$1" | |
INSTANCE_TYPE="$2" | |
debug "Debug mode enabled" | |
debug "Region: $REGION" | |
debug "Instance Type: $INSTANCE_TYPE" | |
echo -e "\n${BLUE}Fetching Spot Prices for Instance Type: ${BOLD}$INSTANCE_TYPE${NC} ${BLUE}in Region: ${BOLD}$REGION${NC}" | |
# Fetch Spot Prices | |
echo -ne "${YELLOW}Fetching spot price data...${NC}" | |
START_TIME=$(get_iso_time) | |
debug "Start Time: $START_TIME" | |
SPOT_PRICES=$(aws ec2 describe-spot-price-history \ | |
--region "$REGION" \ | |
--instance-types "$INSTANCE_TYPE" \ | |
--product-descriptions "Linux/UNIX" \ | |
--start-time "$START_TIME" \ | |
--output json) | |
# Clear the loading message | |
echo -ne "\r\033[K" | |
# Debug output | |
debug "Raw AWS Response:" | |
debug "$(echo "$SPOT_PRICES" | jq '.')" | |
# Validate JSON response | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$SPOT_PRICES" ]; then | |
echo -e "${RED}❌ Failed to fetch spot prices or received empty response${NC}" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo -e "\n${GREEN}✨ AWS Spot Instance Price Details${NC}" | |
echo "----------------------------------------" | |
echo -e "${BOLD}Instance Type:${NC} $INSTANCE_TYPE" | |
echo -e "${BOLD}Region:${NC} $REGION" | |
echo -e "\n${BOLD}Prices by Availability Zone:${NC}" | |
# Process prices by AZ | |
while read -r line; do | |
if [ ! -z "$line" ]; then | |
AZ=$(echo "$line" | jq -r '.AvailabilityZone') | |
PRICE=$(echo "$line" | jq -r '.SpotPrice') | |
if [ ! -z "$AZ" ] && [ ! -z "$PRICE" ] && [ "$AZ" != "null" ] && [ "$PRICE" != "null" ]; then | |
printf " ${BLUE}%-15s${NC} \$%s/hour\n" "$AZ" "$PRICE" | |
fi | |
fi | |
done < <(echo "$SPOT_PRICES" | jq -c '.SpotPriceHistory[]') | |
# Calculate statistics | |
echo -e "\n${BOLD}Statistics:${NC}" | |
MIN_PRICE=$(echo "$SPOT_PRICES" | jq -r '.SpotPriceHistory | map(.SpotPrice | tonumber) | min // empty') | |
MAX_PRICE=$(echo "$SPOT_PRICES" | jq -r '.SpotPriceHistory | map(.SpotPrice | tonumber) | max // empty') | |
AVG_PRICE=$(echo "$SPOT_PRICES" | jq -r '.SpotPriceHistory | map(.SpotPrice | tonumber) | add/length // empty') | |
debug "Min Price: $MIN_PRICE" | |
debug "Max Price: $MAX_PRICE" | |
debug "Avg Price: $AVG_PRICE" | |
if [ ! -z "$MIN_PRICE" ]; then | |
echo -e "Lowest Price: \$$(printf "%.4f" $MIN_PRICE)/hour" | |
fi | |
if [ ! -z "$MAX_PRICE" ]; then | |
echo -e "Highest Price: \$$(printf "%.4f" $MAX_PRICE)/hour" | |
fi | |
if [ ! -z "$AVG_PRICE" ]; then | |
echo -e "Average Price: \$$(printf "%.4f" $AVG_PRICE)/hour" | |
fi | |
echo "----------------------------------------" | |
echo |
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