curl-talk/slides/10_post_file.md

HTTP POST File

• -d @FILE - Send FILE with the request
• -X METHOD - Set HTTP request method
• -H HEADER - Add HEADER to request headers

$ cat data.json
{"name": "brett","talk": "curl"}
$ curl -X POST -d @data.json \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://httpbin.org/post
{
  "data": "{\"name\": \"brett\",\"talk\": \"curl\"}",
  "json": {
    "talk": "curl",
    "name": "brett"
  },
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    ...
}