Posting file name and file contents to remote server via curl command
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I'm trying to write a bash script that would post the name and content of a local file to a remote server via curl.
Local file name has the following format:
/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt
For eg. 178-20171105.txt.
Remote server: http://myserver.com/insert.php
The remote insert.php script part would then explode the $_POST['filename'] to extract DeviceID and Date, and get the contents of the file through $_POST['filedata'] to store all this info in the server's database (this part I got covered already).
Is that possible?
Note: this is a small text file (max 6 KB). I tried --upload-file and got "405 - HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed".
bash embedded curl
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
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I'm trying to write a bash script that would post the name and content of a local file to a remote server via curl.
Local file name has the following format:
/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt
For eg. 178-20171105.txt.
Remote server: http://myserver.com/insert.php
The remote insert.php script part would then explode the $_POST['filename'] to extract DeviceID and Date, and get the contents of the file through $_POST['filedata'] to store all this info in the server's database (this part I got covered already).
Is that possible?
Note: this is a small text file (max 6 KB). I tried --upload-file and got "405 - HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed".
bash embedded curl
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's--upload-fileoption to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g.--header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
Trycurl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-typemultipart/form-data.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and gotcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
Alternatively usecurl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
I split them and still got the same errorcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44
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I'm trying to write a bash script that would post the name and content of a local file to a remote server via curl.
Local file name has the following format:
/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt
For eg. 178-20171105.txt.
Remote server: http://myserver.com/insert.php
The remote insert.php script part would then explode the $_POST['filename'] to extract DeviceID and Date, and get the contents of the file through $_POST['filedata'] to store all this info in the server's database (this part I got covered already).
Is that possible?
Note: this is a small text file (max 6 KB). I tried --upload-file and got "405 - HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed".
bash embedded curl
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
I'm trying to write a bash script that would post the name and content of a local file to a remote server via curl.
Local file name has the following format:
/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt
For eg. 178-20171105.txt.
Remote server: http://myserver.com/insert.php
The remote insert.php script part would then explode the $_POST['filename'] to extract DeviceID and Date, and get the contents of the file through $_POST['filedata'] to store all this info in the server's database (this part I got covered already).
Is that possible?
Note: this is a small text file (max 6 KB). I tried --upload-file and got "405 - HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed".
bash embedded curl
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
edited Feb 8 at 12:48
Pierre.Vriens
94641015
94641015
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
asked Nov 5 '17 at 14:29
Nino Kay
61
61
If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's--upload-fileoption to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g.--header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
Trycurl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-typemultipart/form-data.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and gotcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
Alternatively usecurl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
I split them and still got the same errorcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44
 |Â
show 1 more comment
If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's--upload-fileoption to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g.--header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
Trycurl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-typemultipart/form-data.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and gotcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
Alternatively usecurl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.
– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
I split them and still got the same errorcurl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.
– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44
If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's
--upload-file option to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g. --header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's
--upload-file option to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g. --header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
Try
curl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-type multipart/form-data.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
Try
curl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-type multipart/form-data.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and got
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and got
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
Alternatively use
curl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
Alternatively use
curl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
I split them and still got the same error
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44
I split them and still got the same error
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44
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If you want to ensure that the file contents are not disturbed you might want to take a different approach and use curl's
--upload-fileoption to send the content (FYI it uses PUT) and pass the filename in a header (e.g.--header 'filename: DeviceID-Date.txt').– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 15:50
Try
curl -F "file=@/tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt;filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. But your server side script must accept content-typemultipart/form-data.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:22
@BLayer tried both your suggestions and got
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:37
Alternatively use
curl -F "filedata=</tmp/DeviceID-Date.txt" -F "filename=DeviceID-Date.txt" url. This will convert contents of the file to simple text in a text field but obviously won't work with binary files.– B Layer
Nov 5 '17 at 16:39
I split them and still got the same error
curl: (27) PRNG seeding failed. I wonder why.– Nino Kay
Nov 5 '17 at 16:44