diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index af19312d146..c2a655ad66c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-text=auto
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+text=auto
+*.sh text eol=lf
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index af7d1d6d2a5..4f05a4b88ee 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Apollo 1.10.0
 * [Remove spring dependencies from internal code](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/3937)
 * [Fix issue: ingress syntax](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/3933)
 * [refactor: let open api more easier to use and development](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/3943)
+* [feat(scripts): use bash to call openapi](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/3980)
 * [Support search by item](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/pull/3977)
 
 ------------------
diff --git a/docs/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform.md b/docs/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform.md
index 14733554c8f..f8a22a2c182 100644
--- a/docs/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform.md
+++ b/docs/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Apollo管理员在 http://{portal_address}/open/manage.html 创建第三方应
 任何语言的第三方应用都可以调用Apollo的Open API，在调用接口时，需要设置注意以下两点：
  * Http Header中增加一个Authorization字段，字段值为申请的token
  * Http Header的Content-Type字段需要设置成application/json;charset=UTF-8
- 
+
 ##### 2.3.2 Java应用通过apollo-openapi调用Apollo Open API
 从1.1.0版本开始，Apollo提供了[apollo-openapi](https://github.com/ctripcorp/apollo/tree/master/apollo-openapi)客户端，所以Java语言的第三方应用可以更方便地调用Apollo Open API。
 
@@ -55,17 +55,26 @@ ApolloOpenApiClient client = ApolloOpenApiClient.newBuilder()
 
 .Net core也提供了open api的客户端，详见https://github.com/ctripcorp/apollo.net/pull/77
 
+##### 2.3.4 Shell Scripts调用Apollo Open API
+
+封装了bash的function，底层使用curl来发送HTTP请求
+
+* bash函数：[openapi.sh](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/blob/master/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi.sh)
+
+* 使用示例：[openapi-usage-example.sh](https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/blob/master/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi-usage-example.sh)
+* 全部和openapi有关的shell脚本在文件夹 https://github.com/apolloconfig/apollo/tree/master/scripts/sql 下
+
 ### 三、 接口文档
 
 #### 3.1 URL路径参数说明
-  
+
 参数名 | 参数说明
 --- | ---
 env | 所管理的配置环境
 appId | 所管理的配置AppId
 clusterName | 所管理的配置集群名， 一般情况下传入 default 即可。如果是特殊集群，传入相应集群的名称即可
 namespaceName | 所管理的Namespace的名称，如果是非properties格式，需要加上后缀名，如`sample.yml`
-  
+
 #### 3.2 API接口列表
 
 ##### 3.2.1 获取App的环境，集群信息
@@ -549,4 +558,3 @@ operator | true | String | 删除配置的操作者，域账号
 ####  4.6 500 - Internal Server Error
 其它类型的错误默认都会返回500，对这类错误如果应用无法根据提示信息找到原因的话，可以找Apollo研发团队一起排查问题。
 
-
diff --git a/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi-usage-example.sh b/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi-usage-example.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96bdbc569fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi-usage-example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2021 Apollo Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# title                     openapi-usage-example.sh
+# description               show how to use openapi.sh
+# author                    wxq
+# date                      2021-09-12
+# Chinese reference website https://www.apolloconfig.com/#/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform
+# English reference website https://www.apolloconfig.com/#/en/usage/apollo-open-api-platform
+
+# export global varialbes
+export APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS=http://106.54.227.205
+export APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN=284fe833cbaeecf2764801aa73965080b184fc88
+export CURL_OPTIONS=""
+# load functions
+source openapi.sh
+
+# set up global environment variable
+APOLLO_APP_ID=openapi
+APOLLO_ENV=DEV
+APOLLO_CLUSTER=default
+APOLLO_USER=apollo
+
+####################################### cluster #######################################
+# get cluster
+printf "get cluster: env = '%s', app id = '%s', cluster = '%s'\n" ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${APOLLO_CLUSTER}
+cluster_get ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${APOLLO_CLUSTER}
+printf "\n\n"
+
+# create cluster. To forbid cluster xxx already exists, add timestamp to suffix
+temp_apollo_cluster="cluster-$(date +%s)"
+printf "create cluster: env = '%s', app id = '%s', cluster = '%s'\n" ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${temp_apollo_cluster}
+cluster_create ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${temp_apollo_cluster} ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+####################################### end of cluster #######################################
+
+####################################### namespace #######################################
+# create namespace
+temp_namespace_name="application-123"
+temp_namespace_format=yaml
+echo "create namespace: namespace name = '${temp_namespace_name}', app id = '${APOLLO_APP_ID}', format = '${temp_namespace_format}'"
+namespace_create ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${temp_namespace_name} ${temp_format} false 'create by openapi, bash scripts' ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+####################################### end of namespace #######################################
+
+####################################### item #######################################
+# create an item, i.e a key value pair
+temp_item_key="openapi-usage-create-item-key-$(date +%s)"
+temp_item_value="openapi-usage-create-item-value-$(date +%s)"
+echo -e "create item: app id = ${APOLLO_APP_ID} env = ${APOLLO_ENV} key = ${temp_item_key} value = ${temp_item_value}"
+item_create ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-create-item" ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+
+# update an item
+echo "show update failed when item key not exists"
+sleep 1
+temp_item_key="openapi-usage-update-item-key-$(date +%s)"
+temp_item_value="openapi-usage-update-item-value-$(date +%s)"
+item_update ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-update-item" ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+
+echo "show after created, update success"
+item_create ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-create-item" ${APOLLO_USER}
+temp_item_value="item-update-success"
+printf "\n"
+item_update ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-update-item" ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+
+echo "show Update an item of a namespace, if item doesn's exist, create it"
+sleep 1
+temp_item_key="openapi-usage-item_update_create_if_not_exists-key-$(date +%s)"
+temp_item_value="openapi-usage-item_update_create_if_not_exists-value-$(date +%s)"
+echo "create it, key = '${temp_item_key}' value = '${temp_item_value}'"
+item_update_create_if_not_exists ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-update-item" ${APOLLO_USER} ${APOLLO_USER}
+temp_item_value="openapi-value-of-item_update_create_if_not_exists"
+echo "update it, key = '${temp_item_key}' value = '${temp_item_value}'"
+item_update_create_if_not_exists ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-update-item" ${APOLLO_USER} ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+
+echo "show delete item failed"
+item_delete ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application "key-be-deleted" ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\nshow delete item success\n"
+item_delete ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default application ${temp_item_key} ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+####################################### end of item #######################################
+
+####################################### namespace release #######################################
+temp_namespace_name="application-$(date +%s)"
+temp_namespace_format=properties
+echo -e "create namespace: namespace name = '${temp_namespace_name}', app id = '${APOLLO_APP_ID}', format = '${temp_namespace_format}'"
+namespace_create ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${temp_namespace_name} ${temp_namespace_format} false 'create by openapi, bash scripts for release' ${APOLLO_USER}
+echo -e "\ncreate or update an item '${temp_item_key}'='${temp_item_value}'"
+item_update_create_if_not_exists ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} default ${temp_namespace_name} ${temp_item_key} ${temp_item_value} "openapi-update-item" ${APOLLO_USER} ${APOLLO_USER}
+echo -e "\nrelease namespace: '${temp_namespace_name}'"
+namespace_release ${APOLLO_ENV} ${APOLLO_APP_ID} ${APOLLO_CLUSTER} ${temp_namespace_name} 'releaseTitle-openapi-2021-01-01' 'releaseComment-openapi' ${APOLLO_USER}
+printf "\n\n"
+####################################### end of namespace release #######################################
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diff --git a/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi.sh b/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a14d75fe47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/openapi/bash/openapi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2021 Apollo Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# title                     openapi.sh
+# description               functions to call openapi through http
+# author                    wxq
+# date                      2021-09-12
+# Chinese reference website https://www.apolloconfig.com/#/zh/usage/apollo-open-api-platform
+# English reference website https://www.apolloconfig.com/#/en/usage/apollo-open-api-platform
+
+####################################### Global variables #######################################
+# portal's address, just support 1 address without suffix '/'
+# Don't use http://ip:port/ with suffix '/' or multiple address http://ip1:port1,http://ip2:port2
+APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS=${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS:-http://ip:port}
+APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN=${APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN:-please_change_me_by_environment_variable}
+CURL_OPTIONS=${CURL_OPTIONS:-}
+
+echo "apollo portal address: ${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS}"
+echo "curl options: ${CURL_OPTIONS}"
+####################################### end of Global variables #######################################
+
+####################################### basic http call #######################################
+#######################################
+# Http get by curl.
+# Globals:
+#   APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS:  portal's address
+#   APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN:   openapi's token
+#   CURL_OPTIONS:           options in curl
+# Arguments:
+#   url_suffix
+#######################################
+function openapi_get() {
+  local url_suffix=$1
+
+  local url="${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS}/${url_suffix}"
+  curl ${CURL_OPTIONS} --header "Authorization: ${APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN}" --header "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" "${url}"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Http post by curl.
+# Globals:
+#   APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS:  portal's address
+#   APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN:   openapi's token
+#   CURL_OPTIONS:           options in curl
+# Arguments:
+#   url_suffix
+#   body
+#######################################
+function openapi_post() {
+  local url_suffix=$1
+  local body=$2
+
+  local url="${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS}/${url_suffix}"
+  curl ${CURL_OPTIONS} --header "Authorization: ${APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN}" --header "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" --data "${body}" "${url}"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Http put by curl.
+# Globals:
+#   APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS:  portal's address
+#   APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN:   openapi's token
+#   CURL_OPTIONS:           options in curl
+# Arguments:
+#   url_suffix
+#   body
+#######################################
+function openapi_put() {
+  local url_suffix=$1
+  local body=$2
+
+  local url="${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS}/${url_suffix}"
+  curl ${CURL_OPTIONS} --header "Authorization: ${APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN}" --header "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" -X PUT --data "${body}" "${url}"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Http delete by curl.
+# Globals:
+#   APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS:  portal's address
+#   APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN:   openapi's token
+#   CURL_OPTIONS:           options in curl
+# Arguments:
+#   url_suffix
+#   body
+#######################################
+function openapi_delete() {
+  local url_suffix=$1
+  local body=$2
+
+  local url="${APOLLO_PORTAL_ADDRESS}/${url_suffix}"
+  curl ${CURL_OPTIONS} --header "Authorization: ${APOLLO_OPENAPI_TOKEN}" --header "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" -X DELETE --data "${body}" "${url}"
+}
+####################################### end of basic http call #######################################
+
+
+####################################### cluster #######################################
+#######################################
+# Get cluster.
+# 获取集群
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#######################################
+function cluster_get() {
+    local env=$1
+    local appId=$2
+    local clusterName=$3
+    openapi_get "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Create cluster in app's environment.
+# 创建集群
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   dataChangeCreatedBy
+#######################################
+function cluster_create() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local dataChangeCreatedBy=$4
+  openapi_post "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+    "name":"${clusterName}",
+    "appId":"${appId}",
+    "dataChangeCreatedBy":"${dataChangeCreatedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+####################################### end of cluster #######################################
+
+####################################### namespace #######################################
+#######################################
+# Create a namespace of a app.
+# 创建namespace
+# Arguments:
+#   appId
+#   name
+#   format
+#   isPublic
+#   comment
+#   dataChangeCreatedBy
+#######################################
+function namespace_create() {
+  local appId=$1
+  local name=$2
+  local format=$3
+  local isPublic=$4
+  local comment=$5
+  local dataChangeCreatedBy=$6
+
+  openapi_post "openapi/v1/apps/${appId}/appnamespaces" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+  "name": "${name}",
+  "appId": "${appId}",
+  "format": "${format}",
+  "isPublic": ${isPublic},
+  "comment": "${comment}",
+  "dataChangeCreatedBy": "${dataChangeCreatedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Release a namespace.
+# 发布配置
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   namespaceName
+#   releaseTitle
+#   releaseComment
+#   releasedBy
+#######################################
+function namespace_release() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local namespaceName=$4
+  
+  local releaseTitle=$5
+  local releaseComment=$6
+  local releasedBy=$7
+
+  openapi_post "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}/namespaces/${namespaceName}/releases" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+    "releaseTitle":"${releaseTitle}",
+    "releaseComment":"${releaseComment}",
+    "releasedBy":"${releasedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+####################################### end of namespace #######################################
+
+
+####################################### item #######################################
+#######################################
+# Create an item of a namespace.
+# 新增配置
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   namespaceName
+#   key
+#   value
+#   comment
+#   dataChangeCreatedBy
+#######################################
+function item_create() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local namespaceName=$4
+  local key=$5
+  local value=$6
+  local comment=$7
+  local dataChangeCreatedBy=$8
+
+  openapi_post "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}/namespaces/${namespaceName}/items" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+    "key":"${key}",
+    "value":"${value}",
+    "comment":"${comment}",
+    "dataChangeCreatedBy":"${dataChangeCreatedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Update an item of a namespace.
+# 修改配置
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   namespaceName
+#   key
+#   value
+#   comment
+#   dataChangeLastModifiedBy
+#######################################
+function item_update() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local namespaceName=$4
+  local key=$5
+  local value=$6
+  local comment=$7
+  local dataChangeLastModifiedBy=$8
+
+  openapi_put "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}/namespaces/${namespaceName}/items/${key}" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+  "key":"${key}",
+  "value":"${value}",
+  "comment":"${comment}",
+  "dataChangeLastModifiedBy":"${dataChangeLastModifiedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Update an item of a namespace, if item doesn's exist, create it.
+# 修改配置，当配置不存在时自动创建
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   namespaceName
+#   key
+#   value
+#   comment
+#   dataChangeLastModifiedBy
+#######################################
+function item_update_create_if_not_exists() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local namespaceName=$4
+  local key=$5
+  local value=$6
+  local comment=$7
+  local dataChangeLastModifiedBy=$8
+  local dataChangeCreatedBy=$9
+
+  openapi_put "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}/namespaces/${namespaceName}/items/${key}?createIfNotExists=true" "$(cat <<BODY
+{
+  "key":"${key}",
+  "value":"${value}",
+  "comment":"${comment}",
+  "dataChangeLastModifiedBy":"${dataChangeLastModifiedBy}",
+  "dataChangeCreatedBy":"${dataChangeCreatedBy}"
+}
+BODY
+)"
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Delete an item of a namespace.
+# 删除配置
+# Arguments:
+#   env
+#   appId
+#   clusterName
+#   namespaceName
+#   key
+#   operator
+#######################################
+function item_delete() {
+  local env=$1
+  local appId=$2
+  local clusterName=$3
+  local namespaceName=$4
+  local key=$5
+  local operator=$6
+
+  openapi_delete "openapi/v1/envs/${env}/apps/${appId}/clusters/${clusterName}/namespaces/${namespaceName}/items/${key}?operator=${operator}"
+}
+####################################### end of item #######################################
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