curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL (but curl actually executes the POST)

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My end goal is to run this command in .gitlab-ci.yml.

I'm testing it in both bash shell and in a gitlab-ci.yml process at the moment.

The process started by the api PUT call is started and runs successfully but because the curl returns with an error code the gitlab-ci process exits with an error immediately.

The error message: curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL

curl -X PUT "http://AAA.BBB.CC.DDD:8443/api/v4/schedules/84ce2778-3496-4933-a3c2-f07f64637c92/runNow?api_key=0WhA6P1j70Kta2fW" -d --header 'Accept:application/json' --header 'AccessKey:0WhA6P1j70Kta2fW'

I tried with single quotes around the URL and received the same error message.

Suggestions?

From the website of the api provider that was how the example api call was specified. — ScottZ
– ScottZ, Commented Nov 25, 2020 at 14:21

Daniel Stenberg · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-23 22:20:44Z

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You probably wanted to provide some data to send to the -d option.

-d takes the next argument as data and that happens to be --header, which makes the argument following --header get treated as as a URL since it doesn't start with a dash.

Also note that it looks like you've exposed your access key here. Make sure that is not so anymore.

answered Nov 23, 2020 at 22:20

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ScottZ Over a year ago

I'll give that a try when I get back to the office next week. The api provider recommended that flag to eliminate a 411 "Length Required" error. The access key is a fake one.

Daniel Stenberg Over a year ago

Did they perhaps them mean -d "" ?

ScottZ · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-30 14:15:04Z

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With an additional suggestion from the company, this turns out to be the solution:

curl -X PUT "http://AAA.BBB.CC.DDD:8443/api/v4/schedules/84ce2778-3496-4933-a3c2-f07f64637c92/runNow?api_key=0WhA6P1j70Kta2fW" --header 'Content-Length:0' --header 'Accept:application/json' --header 'AccessKey:0WhA6P1j70Kta2fW'

answered Nov 30, 2020 at 14:15

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