gath.io batch event creator - for creating a few similar events

make_gathio_events.sh

#!/bin/bash
# send a form submission to gath.io

if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
  echo "need date and time as first argument"
  echo "./send.sh XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX"
  exit 1
fi

start_date="${1}"
time_taken="30min"

# get a nice date with "nd" or "th" ordinal
d_day=$(date --date="${start_date}" +%A)
d=$(date --date="${start_date}" +%d)
d_time=$(date --date="${start_date}" +%R)
case $d in
    1?) d=${d}th ;;
    *1) d=${d}st ;;
    *2) d=${d}nd ;;
    *3) d=${d}rd ;;
    *)  d=${d}th ;;
esac

# things that change
eventName="new space visit - ${d_day} ${d} ${d_time}"
eventStart=$(date --date="${start_date}" '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')
eventEnd=$(date --date="${start_date} ${time_taken}" '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')

echo "eventName: ${eventName}"
echo "eventStart: ${eventStart}"
echo "eventEnd: ${eventEnd}"

read -e -p "does this look ok (y)? " OK
[[ $OK != "y" ]] && exit 1
echo "ok! submitting!"

# things that stay the same
eventDescription='Please see the [group description](https://gath.io/group/mhFs75I1S8yoTLG470F5N#eventDescription) for more information.

Please see below for booking and a list of attendees.'

eventLocation="Town Square"
items=(
  "timezone=Europe/London"
  "eventURL="
  "hostName="
  "[email protected]"
  "eventGroupID=uawihg828ghw28jg82"
  "eventGroupEditToken=289tuf908wu2tj389jg893gtj38jg83"
  "publicCheckbox=false"
  "interactionCheckbox=false"
  "joinCheckbox=true"
  "maxAttendeesCheckbox=true"
  "maxAttendees=2"
  "eventGroupCheckbox=true"
  "imageUpload=undefined"
  "magicLinkToken="
)

for item in "${items[@]}"; do
  formdata="${formdata} --form ${item}"
done

save_to="result_${start_date}.txt"

res=$(curl 'https://gath.io/event' \
  -X POST \
  -s \
  --form "eventName=${eventName}" \
  --form "eventDescription=${eventDescription}" \
  --form "eventStart=${eventStart}" \
  --form "eventEnd=${eventEnd}" \
  --form "eventLocation=${eventLocation}" \
  ${formdata})

echo "${res}" >> "${save_to}"
echo "saved response to ${save_to}"

echo "you should probably save the editing password, click this link"
echo "${res}" | jq -r '"https://gath.io" + .url'