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Grails command object and 404 when space inside JSON from CURL

I have inherited a controller. When a post request is made, with a well structured JSON document everything is fine.

When the JSON contains a space in a feld, 404 is returned. However, when the same request is made from mozilla restclient extension everything works.

The CURL request specifically is:

curl --include \
     --request POST \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --header "Accept: application/json" \
     --data-binary "{
        "planCode" : "My Test App-standard"
    }" \
     "https://localhost/signupApi/v2/signup"

URLMapping:

  "/signupApi/v2/$action"{
        parseRequest = true // parse json, and assign to params
        controller = "signupApiSignup"
    }

So, why would a space in curl cause problems in the request body that grails receives?

Thanks

Solution

  • You are not quoting your strings there properly in your shell. Use ' for your parameters, if you plan to use "sensitive" chars like " there. Or use \" inside. Also curl can read a filename if you prefix it with @ instead of the actual data.

    Yet in this case maybe quoting with ' is easiest. E.g.:

     ...
 --data-binary '{
    "planCode" : "My Test App-standard"
 }'
 ...