The json output of an update with the bfabric-cli is not a valid json.
$ bfabric-cli api update --no-confirm --endpoint workunit --entity-id 42 --attributes.pairs status available
INFO bfabricPy v1.18.0 (EngineSUDS, https://xxx/bfabric/, U=itfeeder, PY=3.11.2)
INFO Copyright (C) 2014-2026 Functional Genomics Center Zurich
INFO Entity with ID 42 updated successfully.
[{'created': '2007-04-27 16:54:45', 'createdby': 'mott', 'modified': '2026-05-25 16:42:36', 'modifiedby': 'itfeeder', 'name': 'GIAS_Fab Antibody', 'description': 'Data related to pH scouting', 'container': {'classname': 'project', 'id': 378}, 'containerid': '378', 'application': {'classname': 'application', 'id': 18}, 'datafolder': 'https://xxx/data/p378/workunit_42', 'exportable': 'true', 'parameter': [{'classname': 'parameter', 'id': 468}, {'classname': 'parameter', 'id': 467}, {'classname': 'parameter', 'id': 469}, {'classname': 'parameter', 'id': 466}], 'resource': [{'classname': 'resource', 'id': 44}], 'status': 'AVAILABLE', 'classname': 'workunit', 'id': 42}]
$ bfabric-cli api update --no-confirm --endpoint workunit --entity-id 42 --attributes.pairs status available | jq "."
INFO bfabricPy v1.18.0 (EngineSUDS, https://xxx/bfabric/, U=itfeeder, PY=3.11.2)
INFO Copyright (C) 2014-2026 Functional Genomics Center Zurich
INFO Entity with ID 42 updated successfully.
parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 12
Single quotes are not allowed in json spec.
The json output of an update with the bfabric-cli is not a valid json.
Single quotes are not allowed in json spec.
https://www.json.org/json-en.html