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Re: XML Post with no form variables

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:15:16 +0200 (CEST)

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Heath Boutwell wrote:

> I am trying to submit an XML document WITHOUT using form variables. Is this
> possible?

curl sends what you tell it to. It has no notion of "form variables" for plain
POSTs.

> curl -d test.xml -H "Content-Type: text/xml" https:www.xxx.com
>
> Where test.xml contains the xml doc I am trying to submit. Is this the
> correct syntax as xxx.com isn't receiving the request correctly.

This will send the text "test.xml" to the site with the given Content-Type. I
guess you want to use -d @test.html and then it'll send the given data (minus
the newlines) or you might want to use --data-binary.

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Received on 2004-09-21