added working version of scripts

set_digitalocean_dns_a_record.bash

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+#! /bin/bash 
+SCRIPT="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT%/*}
+
+DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN=$1
+IP=$2
+
+DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=`cat $SCRIPT_DIR/DO_TOKEN`
+
+get_a_record_ids() {
+    curl -X GET \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
+      "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/$DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN/records" 2> /dev/null | jq '.domain_records |  map(select(.type == "A" and .name == "@")) | map(.id) | .[]'
+}
+
+add_a_record() {
+    echo adding new A record for $DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN with value : $IP
+    curl -X POST \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
+      -d "{\"type\":\"A\"         \
+          ,\"name\":\"@\"         \
+          ,\"data\":\"$IP\"       \
+          ,\"priority\":null      \
+          ,\"port\":null          \
+          ,\"ttl\":1800           \
+          ,\"weight\":null        \
+          ,\"flags\":null         \
+          ,\"tag\":null           \
+          }"                      \
+      "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/$DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN/records" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+delete_record_by_id() {
+    echo deleting existing A record for $DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN
+    curl -X DELETE \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
+      "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/domains/$DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN/records/$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+for s in `get_a_record_ids`; do
+    delete_record_by_id $s
+done
+
+add_a_record

update_digitalocean_dns_a_record.bash

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+#! /bin/bash  
+
+# set an A record but first check to make sure we didn't just do this.
+
+DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN=$1
+IP=$2
+
+SCRIPT="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT%/*}
+SCRIPT_NAME=${SCRIPT##*/}
+
+REPEAT_CHECK_DIR=$HOME/repeat_check
+REPEAT_CHECK=$REPEAT_CHECK_DIR/$SCRIPT_NAME # file to save argument in if successful
+
+# exit if previous successful call was with same argument
+if [[ -e $REPEAT_CHECK ]]; then
+    PREVIOUS_ARGUMENTS=`cat $REPEAT_CHECK`
+    if [[ "$*" ==  "$PREVIOUS_ARGUMENTS" ]]; then
+        echo previous call to $SCRIPT was also with arguments: \"$*\"  so exiting now to avoid duplicate work.
+        exit
+    fi
+fi
+
+if $SCRIPT_DIR/set_digitalocean_dns_a_record.bash $@; then
+    # if successful then save arguments.
+    echo call to $SCRIPT worked so saving arguments \"$*\" in $REPEAT_CHECK
+    mkdir -p $REPEAT_CHECK_DIR
+    echo "$*" > $REPEAT_CHECK
+fi
+

update_digitalocean_dns_a_record_to_myip.bash

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+#! /bin/bash  
+SCRIPT="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT%/*}
+
+DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN=$1
+IP=`curl -4 icanhazip.com 2> /dev/null` 
+
+# thank you for regular expression to : https://tecadmin.net/shell-script-validate-ipv4-addresses/
+if [[ $IP =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
+    $SCRIPT_DIR/update_digitalocean_dns_a_record.bash $DIGITALOCEAN_DOMAIN $IP
+fi
+
+
+