send/post xml file using curl command line

Question

How can I send/post an xml file to a local server http://localhost:8080 using curl from the command line?

What command should I use?

Answer 1

If you have multiple headers then you might want to use the following:

curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/json" --header "X-Auth:AuthKey" --data @hello.json Your_url

Answer 2

You can use this command:

curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' --header 'Accept: application/json' --header 'Authorization: <<Removed>>' -F file=@"/home/xxx/Desktop/customers.json"  'API_SERVER_URL' -k