How to send file contents as body entity using cURL

Question

I am using cURL command line utility to send HTTP POST to a web service   I want to include a file s contents as the body entity of the POST   I have tried using -d  lt  path to filename gt  as well as other variants with type info like --data  lt  path to filename gt  --data-urlencode  lt  path to filename gt  etc    the file is always attached   I need it as the body entity

User · Accepted Answer

I believe you re looking for the  filename syntax  e g   strip new lines curl --data  quot   path to filename quot  http        keep new lines curl --data-binary  quot   path to filename quot  http         curl will strip all newlines from the file  If you want to send the file with newlines intact  use --data-binary in place of --data

User · Answer

In my case    caused some sort of encoding problem  I still prefer my old way  curl -d  quot   cat  path to file  quot  https   example com

User · Answer

I know the question has been answered  but in my case I was trying to send the content of a text file to the Slack Webhook api and for some reason the above answer did not work  Anywho  this is what finally did the trick for me   curl -X POST -H --silent --data-urlencode  payload    text        cat file txt   sed  s      g       https   hooks slack com services XXX

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