curl json post request via terminal to a rails app

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chris sun picture chris sun · Apr 14, 2011 · Viewed 89.2k times · Source

I'm trying to create a user on my rails app with a curl command from os x terminal. No matter how I format the data, the app returns a responses that non of my validations have passed.

curl http://localhost:3000/api/1/users.json -i -X POST -d {"user":{"first_name":"firstname","last_name":"lastname","email":"[email protected]","password":"app123","password_confirmation":"app123"}}"

I've tried every variation. I've tried using [] brackets, I've tried user={data..} and nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

Answer

Bob picture Bob · Apr 14, 2011

First off, there is an extraneous " at the end of your command.

Try this

curl -v \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -X POST \
  -d ' {"user":{"first_name":"firstname","last_name":"lastname","email":"[email protected]","password":"app123","password_confirmation":"app123"}}' \
  http://localhost:3000/api/1/users

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