Lab 4 not quite working - cant add data

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• amatellini Posts: 15

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Try this:

  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"firstName":"foo", "lastName": "bar"}' http://roster-beauish-gesticulator.cfapps.io/people

  All on the same line.

   

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• TimHarris123 Posts: 8

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Yes Amatellini - that looks good.  Using linux "curl" is correct for accessing this endpoint, not "cf curl" in this case.  

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• amuller Posts: 14

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Hello,

  I had some problems to run the curl command properly under Windows.

  This syntax should be OK:

  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"firstName\":\"foo\",\"lastName\":\"bar\"}" http://roster-presageful-creature.cfapps.io/people

  Regards,

  Anthony

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• amatellini Posts: 15

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Hi Anthony, the syntax is correct. It shold work on Windows, at least it worked for me. What kind of problem do you have?

  I suggest you to install cygwin, so you can use linux syntax. 

  Andrea

   

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• gadzooks Posts: 6

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Guys,

  Many thanks for your suggestions so far but this still isnt workig for me. I am not sure if this is because it is a Windows prompt and this is a Linux command thing, a syntax mistake by myself or something else.

  If I try: 

  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"firstName\":\"foo\",\"lastName\":\"bar\"}" http://roster-beauish-gesticulator.cfapps.io
  
  'curl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  
  operable program or batch file.

   

  If I try:

  cf curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"firstName\":\"foo\",\"lastName\":\"bar\"}" http://roster-beauish-gesticulator.cfapps.io
  
  {
  
     "description": "Unknown request",
  
     "error_code": "CF-NotFound",
  
     "code": 10000
  
  }

   

  I have tried intalling cygwin but after installing cygwin and using the Developer libraries that include curl I find there is a known cygwin bug preventing Windows users from using curl. I am a bit stuck.

  Should I try different syntax commands in Windows prompt, or should I install Linux?

   

   

   

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• gadzooks Posts: 6

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Sorry, one more that I might add. If I try ' cf curl' then it seem to work and I get the following:

  cf curl
  
  Incorrect Usage: the required argument `PATH` was not provided

  NAME:
  
     curl - Executes a request to the targeted API endpoint

  USAGE:
  
     cf curl PATH [-iv] [-X METHOD] [-H HEADER] [-d DATA] [--output FILE]

     By default 'cf curl' will perform a GET to the specified PATH. If data
  
     is provided via -d, a POST will be performed instead, and the Content-Type
  
     will be set to application/json. You may override headers with -H and the
  
     request method with -X.

     For API documentation, please visit http://apidocs.cloudfoundry.org.

  EXAMPLES:
  
     cf curl "/v2/apps" -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d 'q=name:myapp'
  
     cf curl "/v2/apps" -d @/path/to/file

   

  ......more stufff that I copy from the Windows promp

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• amatellini Posts: 15

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  Hi, cf curl is only for query cf api.

  You need to install curl for windows, or cygwin (I assure you that it works), or git bash (that works to).

  For windows you can download curl at this link:

  https://bintray.com/artifact/download/vszakats/generic/curl-7.54.1-win64-mingw.7z   (source https://curl.haxx.se/download.html)

  you can extract it with winrar or 7zip. You need only the bin folder.

  Then open a Windows command prompt and write something like:

  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"firstName\":\"foo\",\"lastName\":\"bar\"}" http://roster-presageful-creature.cfapps.io/people

  If you use cygwin/git bash open the bash terminial and write something like:

  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"firstName":"foo", "lastName": "bar"}' http://roster-beauish-gesticulator.cfapps.io/people

   

   

   

   

   

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