Sending cURL command through Gitlab CICD file - gitlab

Question

I have a .gitlab-ci.yml file. I need to send a cURL command to a REST API (documentation here). When I hardcode parameters like bearer, roomid it works and the message is received on the client (in this example a Webex Teams bot).
The below works (static entries for bearer, roomid and a message)
before_script:
- export roomid
- export bearer
.send_message:
send:
- |
curl --location --request POST 'https://webexapis.com/v1/messages' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer M***0f' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"roomId" : "Y***Ri",
"markdown" : "# Message formatted in markdown",
}'
stages:
- convert
convert:
stage: convert
script:
- python3 convert.py -t dna_sites.xlsx
- !reference [.send_message, send]
variables:
msg: "Conversion complete"
However, when I want to make it more generic by using values stored in Gitlab CICD variable section (bearer, roomid) or elsewhere in the .gitlab-ci..yml file (msg), I cannot get it to work. Therefor I'm referencing them through $ sign ($bearer, $roomid and $msg)
before_script:
- export roomid
- export bearer
.send_message:
send:
- |
curl --location --request POST 'https://webexapis.com/v1/messages' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer $bearer' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"roomId" : "$roomid",
"markdown" : "$msg",
}'
stages:
- convert
convert:
stage: convert
script:
- python3 convert.py -t dna_sites.xlsx
- !reference [.send_message, send]
variables:
msg: "Conversion complete"
My guess is I'm doing something wrong with the quotes ' or ".