cURL for Windows: how can I send multiple line command in a console?

Question

I am learning to use cURL and I need to run this in a console:

curl -XGET localhost:9200/library/book/_search?pretty=true -d {
    "query" : {
        "query_string" : { "query" : "title:crime" }
    }
}

But this is a multi-line command. How can I handle it to send a complete command?

Note that I understand I can put the content after -d in a file to run this command.

What’s keeping you from simply _removing_ the line breaks (as they are only _formatting_, and should not matter at all for the actual content of that JSON data structure) …? — CBroe, Jul 03 '14 at 14:51
_“I understand I can put the content after -d in a file to run this command”_ – quote cURL manual: _“When `--data` is told to read from a file like that, carriage returns and newlines will be stripped out”_ … so you would not have them in there in that case either. — CBroe, Jul 03 '14 at 14:53
@CBroe, thanks so much for chiming in. Should I put the JSON structure in one line such as curl -XGET localhost:9200/library/book/_search?pretty=true -d {"query" : {"match_all" : {}} or curl -XGET localhost:9200/library/book/_search?pretty=true -d @{"query" : {"match_all" : {}} ? I got error in the first case, warning in the second. — curious1, Jul 03 '14 at 15:15
Does this answer your question? [Multiline curl command](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32341091/multiline-curl-command) — Michael Freidgeim, Aug 15 '20 at 10:02

Harsha pps · Answer 1 · 2019-09-10T20:15:33.963

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Install Git for windows. Use git bash to run the curl commands.

edited Sep 10 '19 at 20:15

answered Aug 20 '19 at 05:20

Harsha pps

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This was easy - it worked immediately and proved that the url, apikey and json all worked and returned the right answer. Then I could focus on the Windows formatting differences. – Paul Evans Nov 12 '21 at 18:07
Worked like a charm. No need to escape characters; just copy and paste as-is. – nocdib Nov 14 '22 at 12:14

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 21:55

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Sometime I have to use windows, try something like this :

curl -XPOST http://localhost:9200/_search -d^
"{^
    \"query\": {^
        \"query_string\": {^
            \"query\": \"year:2003\"^
        }^
    }^
}"

^ to extend a command to next line and
\" to escape " on the json

answered Jul 09 '15 at 21:55

Patrick Champion

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^ works for me to add multiple lines when adding header items, etc. – dsghi Jan 18 '17 at 21:03

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '15 at 16:52

I didn't find any way so far to send command spanning multiple using curl on windows. However, I was able to find a way to get the task done. Below is how I would rewrite the command you are trying to achieve

curl -XGET localhost:9200/library/book/_search?pretty=true -d "{ \"query\" : { \"query_string\" : { \"query\" : \"title:crime\" }  } }"

Just make sure the /library/book/ is right index name.

Hoping to hear back if you are able to make it

cURL for Windows: how can I send multiple line command in a console?

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