Using HTTP cURL to post JSON data with an image file
I am using django-rest-framework and I have a registration form that accepts some data which includes an image file of the user.
How can I emulate this using cURL? I can post JSON data like the following:
curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"email_address":"email@address.com", "password": "Password", "display_name": "mark", "full_name": "Mark", "gender": "M", "date_of_birth": "1955-05-05", "location_id": "3"}' http://localhost/register
How can I add an image field to this form?
The way to do this is to completely remove the -d option and to replace with subsequent -F options for each field required. Here is an example:
curl -i -F "email_address=email@address.com" -F "password=password" -F "display_name=mark10" -F "full_name=Mark Ten" -F "gender=M" -F "date_of_birth=1955-01-01" -F "location_id=3" -F "profile_picture=@/path/to/pic.jpg" http://localhost:1989/api/rest/v1/register