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cURL Debugging, Performance, and Scripting/Send request body from a file

Post the contents of a local file as the request body.

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Section: Config Files and Scripting

Send request body from a file

bash
bash
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data @payload.json https://api.example.com/items
Explanation

Prefix a filename with `@` for `--data` to read from file.

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