Convert cURL to Postman REST Call

Question

How can I convert the following cURL command to a Postman rest call?

curl -X POST abc.com/input.import 
        -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
        --data-urlencode "apiKey=123-456"
        --data-urlencode "secret=12/her"
        --data-urlencode "userKey=ApUR"
        --data-urlencode "email=fakeImportedAccount@example.com"
        --data-urlencode "profile={'firstName':'John','lastName':'Kira'}"

I tried the following:

URL: (POST) abc.com/input.import

Header: Content-Type:application/json

Body:

{
    "apiKey":"123-456",
    "userKey":"ApUR",
    "secret":"12/her",
    "email":"fakeImportedAccount@example.com",
    "profile": {
        "firstName":"John",
        "lastName":"Kira"
    }
}

EDIT: Raw-body format in Postman is required. Import creates the request in "x-www-form-urlencoded" form

it solved here :) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27957943/simulate-a-specific-curl-in-postman — user7028012, Oct 01 '18 at 14:15
Don't set the content-type to applicaiton/json. In the body part, select application/x-www-form-urlencoded, and it will automatically set the header for you. Then just set the different key, value pairs. — Paul Samsotha, Oct 01 '18 at 14:15
If you want to do the same request in curl and postman, this needs to match. — Evert, Oct 01 '18 at 14:33

Paul Samsotha · Answer 1 · 2020-12-31T12:15:14.947

The content-type is not application/json, it's application/x-www-form-urlencoded. What you need to do is in the body tab, select application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The content-type header will automatically be set for you. The just start adding the key/value pairs (the --data-urlencoded arguments)

UPDATE

Unrelated, but for those looking for a way to post JSON (which is very common), you would use the "raw" radio button and then you would manually type in the JSON to the window they provide. Also you would set the Content-Type header to application/json.

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '18 at 08:21

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I finally found: I have to url-encode every key value and send it with Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Header:application/x-www-form-urlencoded Body:

{
  "apiKey":"123-456",
  "userKey":"ApUR",
  "secret":"12%2Fher",
  "email":"fakeImportedAccount%40example.com",
  "profile":{
     "firstName":"John",
     "lastName":"Kira"
  }
}

answered Oct 11 '18 at 08:21

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That doesn't seem correct for the body. That actually works for you? – Paul Samsotha Oct 11 '18 at 17:09

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