curl -v http://talkeetna.info:3000/messages
#!/bin/bash
Read the content of lastout.txt into a variable
content=$(<lastout.txt)
Check if the file is empty or doesn’t exist
if [[ -z “$content” ]]; then
echo “Error: lastout.txt is empty or does not exist.”
exit 1
fi
Use jq to format the message and then post it using curl
echo ‘{}’ | jq --arg msg “$content” ‘.message=$msg’ | curl -X POST -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d @- http://talkeetna.info:3000/message