Creating a script asset with CPDCTL

Learn to create a script asset with Cloud Pak for Data command line interface (CPDCTL).

Install the CPDCTL library.

 CPDCTL_VERSION = ""

 ! curl -L https://github.com/IBM/cpdctl/releases/download/{CPDCTL_VERSION}/cpdctl_linux_amd64.tar.gz --output cpdctl_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Check for the available Cloud Pak for Data versions in our GitHub releases.

Extract downloaded archive.
```
 ! tar xzf cpdctl_linux_amd64.tar.gz
```
Ensure that the cpdctl archive is in the current working directory and the system PATH.
```
 %%capture
 %env PATH={CWD}:{PATH}
```
Check that CLI is accessible.
```
 ! cpdctl version
```

Optional: The following steps are not required if you are running the script in a Cloud Pak for Data environment runtime.

 URL = "<<your cluster URL>>"
 USERNAME = "<<CPD user name>>"
 APIKEY = "<<CPD user API key>>"

 ! cpdctl config context cpd-demo --url {URL} --username {USERNAME} --apikey {APIKEY}

 project_id = os.getenv('PROJECT_ID')

Open your script.

 with open('<test_script>', 'w') as f:
     f.write("echo OK")

Create the new script asset.
```
 ! cpdctl asset script create --file <test_script> --project-id {project_id}
```
When you run this line of code, you receive the asset ID in its output.

List the script asset in the project.

 ! cpdctl asset search --type-name script --query 'test.sh' --project-id {project_id}

Optional: You can delete the script with the following code.

 SCRIPT_ASSET_ID = ""

 ! cpdctl asset delete --asset-id {SCRIPT_ASSET_ID} --project-id {project_id}

Parent topic: Managing assets