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Shell - append curl JSON request results in a nice format to an output file, with basic auth - mjson tool
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curl_results.sh
#With Basic Auth
curl --user someuser:somepassword -d 'some_post=variables&go=here' http://api.somecoolapi.com/json.somedata | python -mjson.tool >> /path/of/file/to/export/to.txt
#Without Basic Auth
curl -d 'some_post=variables&go=here' http://api.somecoolapi.com/json.somedata | python -mjson.tool >> /path/of/file/to/export/to.txt
#More Goodies: http://www.davidslog.com/1187630823/format-xml-json-from-command-line
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