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I would like to POST (send) some form data to a webserver using cURL on a terminal-prompt.
This is what I got so far:
curl --data-ascii "content=derinhält&date=asdf" http://myserverurl.com/api/v1/somemethod The problem is that the umlaute ("äöü") are replaced by "?" when I receive the post request on the server.
I think I need to use an UTF-8 encoding for the POST request.
Does anybody know how I can achieve this?
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To post form data with Curl, you can use one of two command-line parameters: -F (--form) or -d (--data). The -F command-line parameter sends form data with the multipart/form-data content type, and the -d command-line parameter sends form data with the application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type.
Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding, is technically a mechanism for encoding data so that it can appear in URLs. This encoding is typically used when sending POSTs with the application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type, such as the ones curl sends with --data and --data-binary etc.
UTF-8 is a character encoding system. It lets you represent characters as ASCII text, while still allowing for international characters, such as Chinese characters. As of the mid 2020s, UTF-8 is one of the most popular encoding systems.
You CAN use UTF-8 in the POST request, all you need is to specify the charset in your request.
You should use this request:
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8" --data-ascii "content=derinhält&date=asdf" http://myserverurl.com/api/v1/somemethod If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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