Issue
I'm trying to send a post request to a REST API. I noticed that everything works fine when I pass parameters with -d option in curl. Example:
curl "https://mywebsite.com" -d "param1=x" -d "param2=y" -u "3SUHZb0sanKWrQ"
However, if a send parameters as a json object and using --data-binary, I receive an error from the Api (as if no parameters were received). Example:
curl "https://mywebsite.com" --data-binary $'{ "param1": "x", -d "param2":"y" }' -u "3SUHZb0sanKWrQ"
I thought the two approaches had the same behavior, but I think I'm wrong. What's the difference between these two approaches?
P.S.: the second request is the curl request that I get when select copy as cURL option on Google Chrome, because the actual request is a $http.post in Angular with its data payload as a JSON object. What can I do in Angular to get it working?
var data = {
"param1": "x",
"param2": "y"
};
$http({
url: "https://mywebsite.com",
method: 'POST',
data: data
}).then(function successCallback(response){
console.log(response);
}, function errorCallback(response){
console.log(response);
});
Solution
This is what I got with curl --help
:
-d, --data DATA HTTP POST data (H)
--data-raw DATA HTTP POST data, '@' allowed (H)
--data-ascii DATA HTTP POST ASCII data (H)
--data-binary DATA HTTP POST binary data (H)
--data-urlencode DATA HTTP POST data url encoded (H)
--delegation STRING GSS-API delegation permission
--digest Use HTTP Digest Authentication (H)
--disable-eprt Inhibit using EPRT or LPRT (F)
--disable-epsv Inhibit using EPSV (F)
--dns-servers DNS server addrs to use: 1.1.1.1;2.2.2.2
--dns-interface Interface to use for DNS requests
--dns-ipv4-addr IPv4 address to use for DNS requests, dot notation
--dns-ipv6-addr IPv6 address to use for DNS requests, dot notation§
So, the difference is just that with -d data sent is not binary content.
Answered By - sensorario Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)