def updateConfigMap(token):
   print(token)
   token = "Bearer {}".format(token)
   headers = {"Content-Type": "application/merge-patch+json", "authorization":token}

r = requests.patch("{}/api/v1/namespaces/default/configmaps/CONFIMAPNAME".format(KUBERNETES_MASTER), verify=False, headers=headers, json=configData)
return r.content

I've a some problem at before but when changed the header of PATCH request . I can update my configmaps . But attention to the token permission (Service Account)

There are a couple of Kubernetes clients in many languages if you take a look here. Python and Go are officially supported. You can automate the steps by calling the client.

If you know Python, you may refer to the sample below.

from __future__ import print_statement 
import time 
import kubernetes.client from kubernetes.client.rest 
import ApiException from pprint import pprint

# Configure API key authorization: BearerToken 
kubernetes.client.configuration.api_key['authorization'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# kubernetes.client.configuration.api_key_prefix['authorization'] = 'Bearer'

# create an instance of the API class api_instance = 
kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api() 
name = 'name_example' # str | name of the ConfigMap 
namespace = 'namespace_example' # str | object name and auth scope, such as for teams and projects 
body = NULL # object |  
pretty = 'pretty_example' # str | If 'true', then the output is pretty printed. (optional)

try: 
    api_response = api_instance.patch_namespaced_config_map(name, namespace, body, pretty=pretty)
    pprint(api_response) 
except ApiException as e:
    print("Exception when calling CoreV1Api->patch_namespaced_config_map: %s\n" % e)

With respect to use APIs internally and externally, you can take a look at the wiki. Especially this thread explains how to access APIs from a pod.

KUBE_TOKEN=$(</var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)
curl -sSk -H "Authorization: Bearer $KUBE_TOKEN" https://$KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST:$KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_PORT/api/v1/namespaces/iot2cloud/configmaps