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Reputation: 915

Curl command for invoking a POST request with basic authentication and multipart file upload

I am invoking the following service using a curl command: 

@RequestMapping(value = "/api/uploadFile", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public ResponseEntity<List<String>> uploadFile(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile multipartFile, @RequestHeader("Authorization") String authCredentials) {...}

It uses basic authentication and fileupload is needed as a multipart file.

How do I invoke this using a curl command?

I am trying this but getting an error saying illegal base64 character:

curl -i -H 'Authorization:Basic username:password' -H 'Accept:application/json'    -F 'file=@./application.properties' http://hostname/api/uploadFile/

Error: 

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 3a
        at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode0(Base64.java:714) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
        at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Base64.java:526) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
        at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Base64.java:549) ~[na:1.8.0_121]

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5071

Answers (1)

Daniel Stenberg
Daniel Stenberg

Reputation: 58134

The Authorization: header is wrong.

Let curl convert the user name and password to a HTTP authentication header instead with -u:

curl -i -u 'username:password' -H 'Accept:application/json' -F 'file=@./application.properties' http://hostname/api/uploadFile/

Upvotes: 1

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