Using HTTP cURL to post JSON data with an image file

Question

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 protected]", "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?

Not a direct answer to your question, but I highly recommend you check out the Postman REST Client for Chrome. While it isn't useful for command-line scripting, this plugin is great for trying out your REST interface during development. — rob_wheeler
– rob_wheeler, Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 16:39

LondonAppDev · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-25 15:08:36Z

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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 protected]" -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

answered Nov 25, 2014 at 15:08

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William Hu Over a year ago

Why I got the error: curl: (26) couldn't open file "/path/to/pic.jpg" ? thanks!

LondonAppDev Over a year ago

Permissions or the file doesn't exist? Or maybe the file is locked?

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