Hi there,

I attempted many times to send a request using curl, with POST method, passing
as parameter a XML string; the parameter name is INPUT_XML.
I cannot receive the input parameter from the request, in the server-side
code.

I send a request with the following command line, according to the syntax that
came from the manual:

curl --cert ./BT05428_curl.pem --cacert /CA01000.pem --insecure \
        --form "INPUT_XML=<somefile.xml" \
        https://localhost:8443/SSLAuthentication/ServiceManager

but I cannot see the INPUT_XML parameter in the request.

I can test the address https://localhost:8443/SSLAuthentication/ServiceManager
using a browser (konqueror) with a simple form, and it works fine, so I think
that the problem is in curl.

I tempted also with the http clear text (no SSL) invocation, following the
hint that some users gave me:

curl --form "INPUT_XML=<somefile.xml"
http://localhost:8080/CWS/GPGAuthentication/ServiceManager

and I actually tested the it does NOT works; so I'm sure that the problem is
not in the protocol, but in curl. I also tested using -F instead of --form,
just to see if there was a problem with the command line option parsing, but
the problem remains the same.

Just to be sure I tested:

curl --data "INPUT_XML=sometext"
http://localhost:8080/CWS/GPGAuthentication/ServiceManager

And this time the system works fine.

At this point I'm pretty sure that there is a problem in curl or in the way
that I invoke it, so can you explain me if there is any error with this line:

curl --form "INPUT_XML=<somefile.xml" \
http://localhost:8080/CWS/GPGAuthentication/ServiceManager

I'm sure that the file is there (I made with absolute and relative path, it
doesn't changes anything).

Can someone help me?

Thanks, Luca Arzeni

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