curl json post request via terminal to a rails app

Question

I'm trying to create a user on my rails app with a curl command from os x terminal. No matter how I format the data, the app returns a responses that non of my validations have passed.

curl http://localhost:3000/api/1/users.json -i -X POST -d {"user":{"first_name":"firstname","last_name":"lastname","email":"email@email.com","password":"app123","password_confirmation":"app123"}}"

I've tried every variation. I've tried using [] brackets, I've tried user={data..} and nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

Answer 1

First off, there is an extraneous " at the end of your command.

Try this

curl -v 
  -H "Accept: application/json" 
  -H "Content-type: application/json" 
  -X POST 
  -d ' {"user":{"first_name":"firstname","last_name":"lastname","email":"email@email.com","password":"app123","password_confirmation":"app123"}}' 
  http://localhost:3000/api/1/users