moving to microservice client/server model. this is the server part

build/create-stakeholder-report.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+$MO_PATH $PipelineClientWorkingDir/build/stakeholder-report.yml > $BUILDYAML_STAKEHOLDER_REPORT
+
+echo "Creating stakeholder report..."
+
+pandoc \
+"$StakeholderReportMarkdownOutputFile" \
+--template $PANDOC_TEMPLATE \
+--metadata-file="$BUILDYAML_STAKEHOLDER_REPORT" \
+--from markdown \
+--to=pdf \
+--output $StakeholderReportPDFOutputFile

build/publish-stakeholder-report.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Posting Stakeholder Report..."
+
+# Check if the file exists
+if [ ! -f "$FILE_PATH" ]; then
+  echo "File not found: $FILE_PATH"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Upload the file
+echo "Uploading file..."
+upload_response=$(curl -s -X POST "$DISCOURSE_URL/uploads.json" \
+  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
+  -H "Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
+  -H "Api-Username: $API_USERNAME" \
+  -F "file=@$FILE_PATH;type=application/pdf" \
+  -F "type=composer")
+
+echo "Upload Response: $upload_response"
+
+# Extract the short_url from the response
+short_url=$(echo "$upload_response" | jq -r '.short_url')
+
+# Check if the short_url was returned
+if [ "$short_url" == "null" ]; then
+  echo "Failed to extract short_url. Response:"
+  echo "$upload_response"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "File uploaded successfully. Short URL: $short_url"
+
+# Append the file link to the post content (Markdown format)
+CONTENT="$CONTENT\n\n[Download todays report in PDF format]($short_url)"
+
+# Create the new topic
+echo "Creating new topic..."
+post_response=$(curl -s -X POST "$DISCOURSE_URL/posts.json" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
+  -H "Api-Username: $API_USERNAME" \
+  -d @- <<EOF
+{
+  "title": "$TITLE",
+  "raw": "$CONTENT",
+  "category": $CATEGORY_ID
+}
+EOF
+)
+
+echo "Post Response: $post_response"
+
+# Check if the post creation was successful
+if echo "$post_response" | grep -q '"id":'; then
+  echo "Post created successfully!"
+else
+  echo "Failed to create post. Response:"
+  echo "$post_response"
+  exit 1
+fi