[cups] Query queue Location/Description from command-line?

[Peter Schultz]

Is there some HTTP/HTTPS endpoint specifically for querying CUPS, such as
some API? I could parse https://server.edu:631/printers/myprinter.

My ultimate intent is to enable people from my team to maintain printers
via the scripts I'm working on.

Sincerely,
Peter Schultz

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University of Alaska System
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:50 PM Alex Korobkin <korobkin+cups at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You can set up an elevated script to copy printers.conf into
> printers.conf.bak on schedule with 644 permissions, and then parse that
> file instead.
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM Peter Schultz <pwschultz2 at alaska.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to write a script to synchronize related print queues via the
> > command-line and I need to determine the given queue's Location and
> > Description attributes (set via lpadmin) via script.
> >
> > I'd rather not have to run this script as an elevated user, meaning I'd
> > rather avoid parsing printers.conf.
> >
> > I've perused all of the manpages I can find and nothing seems to let me
> do
> > this. Is there something I'm missing? Should I just curl localhost:631
> for
> > the printer in question?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Peter Schultz
> >
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> > University of Alaska System
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