Pass binary file as JSON parameter using multipart/form-data using curl POST

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I've searched a bunch and can't find the answer the answer to this.

I'm trying to pass a binary file as a JSON parameter using multipart/form-data using curl for a POST request. I tried this, but it doesn't work for obvious reasons:

curl -X POST http://api.example.com \
-H "Content-Type:multipart/form-data" \
-F "data={\"key\": \"@text.txt\"};type=application/json"

Any insights would be appreciated.

Tyler at Maijlet · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-21 17:00:57Z

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Found the answer. It would look like this:

curl -X POST http://api.example.com \ -H "Content-Type:multipart/form-data" \ -F "data={\"key\": \"file1\"};type=application/json" \ -F "[email protected]"

answered Jun 21, 2016 at 17:00

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