curl: 400 Bad Request. The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand

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I'm getting "400 Bad Request. The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand." for the curl command. Curl command is as below, can someone please help?

token=jfkdjfdikdjydve83hhd54rsfdghsghktwhdh87
payload_file=test_fortify_scan.zip

curl -X POST https://dnsname/api/scan \
-H "authorization: Bearer $token" \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"projVer": "dev", "language": "java", 
"payloadFile":"$payload_file", "emailList": "myemail@mail.com"}'

I really like how prettily you laid out the `curl` command across multiple lines like that. I just copied that style. — Gabriel Staples, Feb 18 '22 at 02:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '18 at 07:43

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Looks like quotes problem. Look at Using curl POST with variables defined in bash script functions

token="jfkdjfdikdjydve83hhd54rsfdghsghktwhdh87"
payload_file="test_fortify_scan.zip"

curl -X POST https://dnsname/api/scan \
-H "authorization: Bearer $token" \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"projVer": "dev", "language": "java",
"payloadFile":"'"$payload_file"'", "emailList": "myemail@mail.com"}'

answered Jul 12 '18 at 07:43

lojza

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thanks for the response. yes, it was quotes problem and same has been fixed now. – DZone Jul 15 '18 at 14:59

curl: 400 Bad Request. The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand

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