Curl’s version 7.82.0, released early March 2022, has a new option to deal with JSON data: –json.
It’s actually a combination of the following options:
–data
–header “Content-Type: application/json”
–header “Accept: application/json”
Notice that curl does not check if the provided data is a valid JSON expression:
More JSON features may be added to curl in the future, but that debate is still ongoing.
Didier Stevens
Senior handler
Microsoft MVP
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