Issue
I'm trying to pass a JSON string from within a powershell script to the build.phonegap.com api, using curl.
According to href="http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/how_do_we_unlock_signing_keys_through_phonegap_build_write_api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">phonegap's forum, when running on a Windows machine, the JSON data has to be formatted as:
curl.exe -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d "data={\"password\":\"keypass\"}" https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
Indeed, this does run fine when invoked from the command line.
However, when I try to invoke this from within a powershell script, the double quotes seem to be stripped.
So far, I have tried:
- Putting the JSON in single quoted string:
curl.exe -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d '"data={\"password\":\"keypass\"}"' https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
- Putting the JSON in single quoted string, without the DOS escape backslashes:
curl.exe -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d '"data={"password":"keypass"}"' https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
- Putting the JSON in single quoted string, escaping the double quotes and backslashes (DOS style with a backslash):
curl.exe -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d '\"data={\\\"password\\\":\\\"keypass\\\"}\"' https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
- Putting the JSON in a double quoted string, escaping the double quotes with the powershell backtick character (
`):
curl.exe -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d "`"data={\`"password\`":\`"build*2014`\`"}`"" https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
Any idea how to achieve this?
Thanks for your time, Koen
Solution
Try using the --% operator to put PowerShell into simple (dumb) argument parsing mode:
curl.exe --% -ku user@email:mypass -X PUT -d "data={\"password\":\"keypass\"}" https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/key
This is quite often useful for invoking exes with argument syntax that runs afoul of PowerShell's argument syntax. This does require PowerShell V3 or higher.
Answered By - Keith Hill Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)
