Use the "raw-output" flag for jq to get rid of surrounding quotation

upload/upload.sh

@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ recids=()
 # upload the collected records with files
 for record in ${record_dirs[@]}; do
 	# create a new draft, with the specified metadata
-	recid=$(curl -sk -X POST -H "${json_header}" -H "${auth_header}" -d @${record}/metadata.json ${base_url}/api/records | jq ".id")
-	recid=${recid%\"}
-	recid=${recid#\"}
+	recid=$(curl -sk -X POST -H "${json_header}" -H "${auth_header}" -d @${record}/metadata.json ${base_url}/api/records | jq -r ".id")
 	recids+=( ${recid} )
 
 	files=()