## POST examples with `curl`

For details and more examples, see the [POST](http://curl.haxx.se/docs/httpscripting.html#POST) section of the official tutorial.

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In the examples below, suppose we need to POST data to `https://foo.io/users/joyrexus/shoes`, the canonical address for the shoes resource (a "collection" resource, in REST-speak) of a particular user (`joyrexus`):

    URL=https://foo.io/users/joyrexus/shoes


#### Url-encoded
      
    curl -d "brand=nike" -d "color=red" -d "size=11" $URL

    curl --data "brand=nike&color=red&size=11" $URL


#### Multipart

    curl --form "image=@nikes.png" --form "brand=nike" --form "color=red" --form "size=11" $URL

    curl -F "image=@nikes.png" -F "brand=nike" -F "color=red" -F "size=11" $URL

Change the name field of a file upload part by setting `filename=`:

    curl -F "image=@nikes.png;filename={desired-name}.png" -F "brand=nike" -F "color=red" -F "size=11" $URL

Specify `Content-Type`  by  using `type=`:

    curl -F "image=@nikes.png;filename={desired-name}.png;type=image/png" -F "brand=nike" -F "color=red" -F "size=11" $URL


#### Sans data

    curl --data '' $URL
    
    curl -X POST $URL

    curl --request POST $URL