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cURL snippets fail on Windows due to Single Quote #248
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@umeshp7 the line breaker option is available in the |
This is generated by Postman using cURL but still causes trouble: should be
Notice the removal of the space between -X and POST! Also the data needs double quotes. Here's another example generated by cURL: should be
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Describe the bug
@umeshp7 @shreys7
#72 #92
this causes a problem on Windows machines; by pasting the cURL generated code snipped into a Windows Command Prompt, you get the misleading error message:
Which is just due to the single quotes, and can be fixed only by using double quotes.
see here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6884669/curl-1-protocol-https-not-supported-or-disabled-in-libcurl
Much like you have the option to change the line continuation character from \ to ^ in the Settings there, I think the single vs. double quote should also be an option.
As a bonus, would be nice if Postman detected that the machine is Windows and defaulted to ^ and " in the settings accordingly.
To Reproduce
Paste any resulting cURL snippet into a win cmd prompt
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