#!/bin/bash

key="<your api key>"
url="https://api.msrc.microsoft.com"
apiversion="?api-version=2016-08-01"
updates="/Updates"

#all updates
curl -H "api-key: ${key}" ${url}${updates}${apiversion}

#updates by id
id=2016-Sep
#id=CVE-1234-5678
#id=2016
curl -H "api-key: ${key}" "${url}${updates}('${id}')${apiversion}"

#by id
cvrfid=2017-Jan
#cvrfid=CVE-1234-5678
#cvrfid=2016
cvrf="/cvrf/"

curl -H "Accept: application/json" -H "api-key: ${key}" "${url}${cvrf}${cvrfid}${apiversion}"