Curl GET/POST raw data inclusive of headers?

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Is there a way in command-line curl to POST or GET (insert your favorite HTTP method) data to a URL and include in the raw posted data header values instead of issuing the -H options?

For instance:

$curl --data-binary @- http://server.com/foo/bar <<EOF X-Foo: Foo X-Bar: Bar and a lot of random characters Accept-Encoding: bzip2 My-raw-binary-data-here... EOF

Daniel Stenberg · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-12 21:10:39Z

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no, there's no way. curl is a HTTP client that does the HTTP for you. Use 'nc' (netcat) or similar if you want to craft your full request more freely.

answered Mar 12, 2012 at 21:10

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Daniel Stenberg Over a year ago

I know that. But I also know that curl only allows you to custom the request headers with -H and not "raw", hence my suggestion! =)

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