Bash: curl POST JSON

A short, tested Bash example for curl post json. Copy it and adjust the names and paths for your project.

Bash

curl -X POST https://api.example.com/items \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"zest"}'

curl -sS -o out.json https://example.com/data.json   # save to a file
curl -I https://example.com                          # headers only

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