Takes a list of Extension Attribute names in a file and disables them. Adds a comment to each "2020-04-17 - OK to DELETE after this date if EA is still disabled.". Edit lines 4-9 with custom details. Useful in conjunction with "Delete Extension Attributes.bash"

Disable Extension Attributes.bash

#!/bin/bash

# server connection information
URL="https://talkingmoose.jamfcloud.com"
userName="API-Editor"
password="P@55w04d"

# number of days from now that the extension attribute can be safely deleted because of non-use
deleteInDays="30"

# plain text file with Extension Attribute names listed on each line
eaList=$1

# show usage if no parameter supplied
if [[ "$eaList" = "" ]]; then
	echo "Usage: Run this script followed by a plain text list of Extension Attributes
(Example: /path/to/this/script.bash /path/to/file.txt)"
	exit 0
fi

httpErrorCodes="200 Request successful
201 Request to create or update object successful
400 Bad request
401 Authentication failed
403 Invalid permissions
404 Object/resource not found
409 Conflict
500 Internal server error"

# read list of extension attribute names from list
eaNames=$( /bin/cat "$1" )

# get list of extension attributes in Jamf Pro
apiList=$( /usr/bin/curl -s "$URL/JSSResource/computerextensionattributes" \
    --user "$userName":"$password" \
    --header "Accept: text/xml" \
    --request GET )

# recurse through the list of names and disable them in Jamf Pro
while IFS= read anEA
do
	# get extension attribute ID
	eaID=$( /usr/bin/xpath "//name[text()='$anEA']/preceding-sibling::id/text()" 2> /dev/null <<< "$apiList" )
	echo "Disabling extension attribute: $anEA [ID: $eaID]"
	
	# XML data to upload
	putXML="<computer_extension_attribute><description>$( /bin/date -v +${deleteInDays}d '+%Y-%m-%d' ) - OK to DELETE after this date if EA is still disabled.</description><enabled>false</enabled></computer_extension_attribute>"
	
	# execute the command
	result=$( /usr/bin/curl -s "$URL/JSSResource/computerextensionattributes/id/$eaID" \
    --write-out "%{http_code}" \
    --user "$userName":"$password" \
    --header "Content-Type: text/xml" \
    --request PUT \
    --data "$putXML" )
    
    # evaluate HTTP status code and return result
    resultStatus=${result: -3}
    code=$( /usr/bin/grep "$resultStatus" <<< "$httpErrorCodes" )
    echo "$code"
	
	# adding a new line for readability
	echo
	
done <<< "$eaNames"

exit 0