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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Run an HTTP GET against the API, then print out the "uuid" attribute only
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+#     bgetn path [options]
+#
+#   path     : an API path
+#   options  : bscript options, see bubble.main.BubbleScriptOptions (and parent classes) for more info
+#
+# Environment variables
+#
+#   BUBBLE_API     : which API to use. Default is local (http://127.0.0.1:PORT, where PORT is found in .bubble.env)
+#   BUBBLE_USER    : account to use. Default is root
+#   BUBBLE_PASS    : password for account. Default is root
+#   BUBBLE_INCLUDE : path to look for JSON include files. default value is to assume we are being run from
+#                      bubble repo, bubble-models repo, or bubble-client and use include files from minimal model.
+#
+SCRIPT="${0}"
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${SCRIPT}) && pwd)
+. ${SCRIPT_DIR}/bubble_common
+
+URL="${1:?no URL provided}"
+shift
+
+JSON="$(BUBBLE_QUIET=1 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/bubble get -U ${URL} ${@})"
+if [[ ${JSON} = \{* ]] ; then
+  echo "${JSON}" | jq -r .uuid
+elif [[ "${JSON}" = \[* ]] ; then
+  echo "${JSON}" | jq -r .[].uuid
+else
+  echo "not sure what to do with JSON:"
+  echo "${JSON}"
+fi