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@brandonmwest
brandonmwest / example.cs
Last active January 16, 2024 15:52
Generating base64-encoded Authorization headers in a variety of languages
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
"Basic",
Convert.ToBase64String(
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(
string.Format("{0}:{1}", username, password))));
@ungoldman
ungoldman / curl_post_json.md
Last active May 17, 2024 14:50
post a JSON file with curl

How do you POST a JSON file with curl??

You can post a json file with curl like so:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @FILENAME DESTINATION

so for example: