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Login POST JSON Error

rmsiegel — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:12:05 GMT

All,I'm new to Alfresco trying to learn the API. I'm trying to do what I thought should be a straight-forward command. I'm using CURL to send my commands to Alfresco. My CURL command is:c:\> curl -X POST -d @login.json "http://192.168.0.151:8080/alfresco/service/api/login"My JSON file is this: {"

Re: Login POST JSON Error

mitpatoliya — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:34:00 GMT

I think it is GET not POST webscript.

Re: Login POST JSON Error

koopa — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:40:08 GMT

The problem here is that you have to add the content type to your request. Like:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/login" -d "{'username':'admin','password':'admin'}" -H "Content-Type: application/json‍

Re: Login POST JSON Error

sandeepthukral — Wed, 13 May 2015 14:32:55 GMT

I registered with this forum just to say Thanks to you. The suggestion of placing content-type application/json saved the day for me.