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HTTP Common Errors and Debugging/Send JSON and inspect response

Test common API validation and auth failures.

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Section: cURL Debugging Patterns

Send JSON and inspect response

bash
bash
curl -i -X POST https://example.com/api/users -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"Ada"}'
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A good baseline for reproducing 400, 401, 403, 415, 422, and 429 responses.

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