curl/docs/cmdline-opts/data-binary.d

Long: data-binary
Arg: <data>
Help: HTTP POST binary data
Protocols: HTTP
Category: http post upload
Example: --data-binary @filename $URL
Added: 7.2
---
This posts data exactly as specified with no extra processing whatsoever.

If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a filename.  Data
is posted in a similar manner as --data does, except that newlines and
carriage returns are preserved and conversions are never done.

Like --data the default content-type sent to the server is
application/x-www-form-urlencoded. If you want the data to be treated as
arbitrary binary data by the server then set the content-type to octet-stream:
-H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream".

If this option is used several times, the ones following the first will append
data as described in --data.
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`Long: data-binary`
			`Arg: <data>`
			`Help: HTTP POST binary data`
			`Protocols: HTTP`
docs: add categories to all cmdline opts Adapted gen.pl with 'listcats' This commit is a part of "--help me if you can" Closes #5680 2020-07-13 20:15:04 +08:00			`Category: http post upload`
curl.1: provide examples for each option The file format for each option now features a "Example:" header that can provide one or more examples that get rendered appropriately in the output. All options MUST have at least one example or gen.pl complains at build-time. This fix also does a few other minor format and consistency cleanups. Closes #7654 2021-08-31 22:37:14 +08:00			`Example: --data-binary @filename $URL`
cmdline-opts: made the 'Added:' field mandatory Since "too old" versions are no longer included in the generated man page, this field is now mandatory so that it won't be forgotten and then not included in the documentation. Closes #7786 2021-09-28 17:50:07 +08:00			`Added: 7.2`
cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`---`
			`This posts data exactly as specified with no extra processing whatsoever.`

			`If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a filename. Data`
			`is posted in a similar manner as --data does, except that newlines and`
			`carriage returns are preserved and conversions are never done.`

data-binary.d: clarify default content-type is x-www-form-urlencoded - Advise user that --data-binary sends a default content type of x-www-form-urlencoded, and to have the data treated as arbitrary binary data by the server set the content-type header to octet-stream. Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/2852#issuecomment-426465094 Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/3085 2018-10-03 09:55:57 +08:00			`Like --data the default content-type sent to the server is`
			`application/x-www-form-urlencoded. If you want the data to be treated as`
			`arbitrary binary data by the server then set the content-type to octet-stream:`
			`-H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream".`

cmdline-docs: more options converted over 2016-11-16 06:44:58 +08:00			`If this option is used several times, the ones following the first will append`
			`data as described in --data.`