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# 8  
Old 09-17-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by say170
Code:
  --data $(printf '{
       "mName": "%s",
...
}
' "$mname")
================

{"message":"JSON parse error","statusCode":400}

:-(
What happens if you don't put in all the white space?

Code:
--data $(printf '{"mName":"%s","oName":"%s"}' "$mname" "$oname")

Or use an intermediate variable:
Code:
json_data=$(printf '{"mName":"%s","oName":"%s"}' "$mname" "$oname")
curl ...
   --data "${json_data}" ...

# 9  
Old 09-17-2019
tried both ways. removed all my white spaces and tried a variable. Here is a better code stub which shows the full data element.
Code:
...

json_data=$(printf '{"mName":"%s","oName":"%s","lCode":"%s","schema":[{"name": "Fred","RequestId":"1234","Name":"Test","BO":"999999","aId":"%s","keyId":"p1","eId":"Test.ts"}],"cCode":"%s","cCode2":"GB","Url":{"protocol":"http","host":"test.co.uk","port": 1653,"endpoints":[{"name": "requestorEndpoint","value": "mEP"}]}}' "$mName" "$oName" "$lCode" "$aId" "$cCode")



curl --request POST \
  --url http://192.168.1.12:12345/pSvc/config/ps2Req/ \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer '$token   \               <--------- $token comes from further up in the code.
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --silent \
  --data '${json_data}'             <-------- note I had to use single quotes

done < $infile

# 10  
Old 09-18-2019
Found a working solution here - shell - How can I use a variable in curl call within bash script - Stack Overflow


Code:
message="Hello there"
curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"text": "'"${message}"'"}'

Far from elegant, but it works... I will play with jq when I get some time.
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# 11  
Old 09-19-2019
The goal is to have "quotes" around the text with spaces.
But you must quote these "quotes" to hide them for the shell. Place them inside 'ticks' is one method.
And you must have $variables in "quotes" for the shell - these protective quotes are removed, when passed to the curl.

Code:
'{"text": "'"${message}"'"}'

And this is a concatenation of 'string' "string" 'string' where the shell passes stringstringstring to curl.
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 09-19-2019 at 03:27 AM..
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