how to use CURL to post a message like field=value , i used -d and -f but it all failed-CodePudding

@app.route('/test')
def test():
    msg = request.form['msg']
    return msg

curl -X POST -d 'msg = test' 127.0.0.1:5000/test
curl -X POST -F 'msg = test' 127.0.0.1:5000/test
The method is not allowed for the requested URL
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Oct/2022 03:18:18] "POST /test HTTP/1.1" 405

CodePudding user response：

You are making a POST request with curl, but you have only defined your route for a GET request. You need to write:

@app.route('/test', methods=['POST'])
def test():
    msg = request.form['msg']
    return msg

And then use the -F argument to curl:

curl -F msg=test localhost:5000/test

CodePudding user response：

The error to lookout for is

The method is not allowed for the requested URL

You may require both POST and GET here. Not mentioning methods parameter in @app.route() defaults it to GET only. So, you would need to add that parameter to enable serving POST requests.

So, your first line should be as

@app.route('/test', methods=['POST', 'GET'])

and your problem should be resolved.