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Cheatsheet of curl : cmd vs PowerShell vs bash

Quick rules

  • cmd: ^ and escaped quotes (\")
  • PowerShell: backtick and often '{"k":"v"}'
  • bash: \ and often '{"k":"v"}'

1) Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe)

  • Use code block type: bat (or cmd)
  • Line continuation: ^
  • Escape JSON quotes in --data-raw as \"
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3001/api/auth/login" ^
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
  -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" ^
  --data-raw "{\"email\":\"admin\",\"password\":\"admin123\"}"

2) PowerShell

  • Use code block type: powershell
  • Line continuation: ` (backtick)
  • Prefer JSON in single quotes '...'
  • Prefer curl.exe to avoid PowerShell alias behavior
curl.exe -X POST "http://localhost:3001/api/auth/login" `
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" `
  -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" `
  --data-raw '{"email":"admin","password":"admin123"}'

3) bash (Linux/macOS/Git Bash)

  • Use code block type: bash
  • Line continuation: \
  • JSON usually in single quotes '...'
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3001/api/auth/login" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0" \
  --data-raw '{"email":"admin","password":"admin123"}'