ARM.Template from bash-script. Unterminated string. Expected delimiter: - json

Question

I am writing a bash-script for uploading certificate from a linux-server to azure keyvault using the "armclient"
I follow this guide on how to use the armclient:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2016/05/24/deploying-azure-web-app-certificate-through-key-vault/
The command i want to perform is this:
ARMClient.exe PUT /subscriptions/<Subscription Id>/resourceGroups/<Server Farm Resource Group>/providers/Microsoft.Web/certificates/<User Friendly Resource Name>?api-version=2016-03-01 "{'Location':'<Web App Location>','Properties':{'KeyVaultId':'<Key Vault Resource Id>', 'KeyVaultSecretName':'<Secret Name>', 'serverFarmId':'<Server Farm (App Service Plan) resource Id>'}}"
I have created a string that populates all the fields required:
putparm=$resolved_armapi" \"{'Location':'$resolved_locationid','Properties':{'KeyVaultId':'$resolved_keyvaultid','KeyVaultSecretName':'$certname','serverFarmId':'$resolved_farmid'}}"\"
When i echo the output of the variable putparm, the result looks as expected (X-ed out names/ids):
/subscriptions/f073334f-240f-4261-9db5-XXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXX/providers/Microsoft.Web/certificates/XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX?api-version=2016-03-01 "{'Location':'Central US','Properties':{'KeyVaultId':'/subscriptions/f073334f-240f-4261-9db5-XXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXX/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/XXXXXXXX','KeyVaultSecretName':'XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX','serverFarmId':'/subscriptions/f073334f-240f-4261-9db5-XXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXX/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/ServicePlan59154b1c-XXXX'}}"
When i run armclient put $putparm in the script i get this error:
"error": {
"code": "InvalidRequestContent",
"message": "The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: 'Unterminated string. Expected delimiter: \". Path '',
line 1, position 21.'." }
But when i take the output of the $putparm variable and run the command "manually" on the server, it works.
I guess its something with the way linux store the variables and that the API is requesting JSON (or something..)
Happy for any help.

Answer 1

The way you define your variable putparam is wrong.
It is likely interpreted as a literal string and not as an object. Note that a simple string, like "hello", is a valid JSON data, but it probably not what is expecting your server.
If you should quote your variable correctly:
putparm="{\"Location\":\"$resolved_locationid\",\"Properties\":{\"KeyVaultId\":\"$resolved_keyvaultid\",\"KeyVaultSecretName\":\"$certname\",\"serverFarmId\":\"$resolved_farmid\"}}"
and use it like this:
armclient put "$resolved_armapi" "$putparm"