Curl error: option-less arguments found

Question

I'm trying to import this example into postman

curl -s --user 'api:YOUR_API_KEY' \
    https://api.mailgun.net/v3/YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/messages \
    -F from='Excited User <mailgun@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME>' \
    -F to=YOU@YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME \
    -F to=bar@example.com \
    -F subject='Hello' \
    -F text='Testing some Mailgun awesomness!'

Please help me understand the -s, --user, -F, what is that? And then when I try to import, I get this error: option-less arguments found. How can I fix this?

It would help if you'd show your **exact** output. curl itself never says "option-less arguments found". If you want to understand curl options, I recommend reading its [man page](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html) — Daniel Stenberg, Jan 16 '17 at 22:25
I don't really understand how to put the command on the curl command line in windows. I was using Postman. — Noman, Jan 16 '17 at 22:39

gdrt · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-27T14:02:47.873

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If you're trying to execute curl commands in Postman, select Import, then Paste Raw Text and then copy the command, but first remove all backslashes.

edited Jan 27 '17 at 14:02

answered Jan 27 '17 at 13:56

gdrt

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Thank you, those backslashes was it. – Noman Jan 29 '17 at 04:29

Curl error: option-less arguments found

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