Add convenience script do-as

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e4ecbb..907d566 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ We can also limit the number of results and skip N results forward with the para
 
     curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT" 'http://localhost:80/sc/v0/get?limit=5&skip=2' | json_pp -json_opt utf8,pretty
 
+There is also a convenience script `do-as` which simplifies performing actions as a particular user.
+
 ## Development
 
 There are two docker-compose files used for development:
diff --git a/do-as b/do-as
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d5cdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/do-as
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Usage:
+#    ./do-as <username> <last part of URL> [<any additional curl args>]
+# Example:
+#    ./do-as user1 get
+#    ./do-as user3 delete/1642091653617 -X DELETE
+
+set -e
+
+USER=$1
+CMD=$2
+shift
+shift
+
+JWT=$(curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1.0/auth -X POST -p -u "$USER:pwd" | jq -r .access_token)
+curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT" http://localhost:80/sc/v0/$CMD "$@"