[SOLVED] Can't POST json data with curl in windows

Issue

I have read several posts about this topic but i couldn't figure out how to send json data with curl POST on windows 10 (powershell).

I tried with \" or with """ nothing. json data:

{
    "frames": [
        {
            "text": "HOME2",
            "icon": "i294",
            "index": 0
        },
        {
            "text": "? 65",
            "icon": null,
            "index": 1
        }
    ]
}

Example of curl tries:

> curl -H "Accept: application/json" -H "X-Access-Token: xyz" -X POST "https://xyz" -d "{ """frames""": [{ """text""": """HOME2""", """icon""": """i294""", """index""": 0 }, { """text""": """? 65""", """icon""": null, """index""": 1 }]}"
{"error":{"code":null,"message":"Bad Request","trace":["request body must not be empty"]}}curl: (3) [globbing] bad range specification in column 2
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: text
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: HOME2,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: icon
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: i294,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: index
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 0
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched brace in column 1
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: text
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: ? 65,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: icon
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: null,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: index
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1

with \"

> curl -H "Accept: application/json" -H "X-Access-Token: xyz" -X POST "https://xyz" -d "{ \"frames\": [ { \"text\": \"HOME2\", \"icon\": \"i294\", \"index\": 0 }, { \"text\": \"? 65\", \"icon\": null, \"index\": 1 } ] }"
{"error":{"code":null,"message":"Bad Request","trace":["request body must not be empty"]}}curl: (3) [globbing] bad range specification in column 2
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched brace in column 1
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \text\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \HOME2\,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \icon\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \i294\,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \index\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 0
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched brace in column 1
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \text\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \? 65\,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \icon\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: null,
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: \index\
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 1

What am i doing wrong?

Solution

So, after further reading and from the answer from mohsen, I finalized my command line to:

curl -H "Accept: application/json" -H "X-Access-Token: xyz" -X POST "https://xyz" -d @exported.json

I added the json into a file called exported.json and now it is more compact and it still works.

The json data it self didn't need much more tweaking, see exported.json file:

{"frames":[{"text":"HOME2","icon":"i294","index":"0"},{"text":"? 65","icon":"null","index":"1"}]}

Answered By - FotisK

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)