Sending json files in curl requests with absolute or relative paths

Question

Just wondering how I can send a curl command with the -d option specifying a file with its path and not a file in the current directory.

This is what I\'m getting wh

Answer 1

The -d @ command option accepts any resolvable file path, as long as the path actually exists. So you could use:

• a path relative to the current directory
• a fully qualified path
• a path with soft-links in it
• and so on

To wit, just the same as hundreds of other *Nix style commands. One quick note, the -d option will attempt to url encode your data, which from what you describe isn't actually what you want. You should use the --data-binary option instead. Something like this:

curl -XPOST
     -H 'Content-Type:application/json'
     -H 'Accept: application/json'
     --data-binary @/full/path/to/test.json
     http://localhost:8080/easy/eservices/echo -v -s