How do I POST XML data with curl

Question

I want to post XML data with cURL. I don't care about forms like said in How do I make a post request with curl.

I want to post XML content to some webservice using cURL command line interface. Something like:

curl -H "text/xml" -d "<XmlContainer xmlns='sads'..." http://myapiurl.com/service.svc/ 

The above sample however cannot be processed by the service.

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Reference example in C#:

WebRequest req = HttpWebRequest.Create("http://myapiurl.com/service.svc/"); req.Method = "POST"; req.ContentType = "text/xml"; using(Stream s = req.GetRequestStream()) {     using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(s))         sw.Write(myXMLcontent); } using (Stream s = req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()) {     using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s))         MessageBox.Show(sr.ReadToEnd()); } 

Answer 1

-H "text/xml" isn't a valid header. You need to provide the full header:

-H "Content-Type: text/xml"