how can I update the org-mode header-args from the output of an org-babel code block?

Question

I have a code block with a shell scripts that asks for a token. I want to insert this token into the header-args, so that I can reference this from other code blocks.

I usually copy it, but can this be done with code?;)

Answer 1

Something like this:

#+name: generate
#+begin_src shell 
  #generate-token
  echo "Super-secret-token-ABC"
#+end_src


#+name: use-token
#+begin_src shell :var token=generate
  echo command-that-needs-to-authenticate --token=${token}
#+end_src

#+RESULTS: use-token
: command-that-needs-to-authenticate --token=Super-secret-token-ABC