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diff --git a/docs/howto/usingcurl.rst b/docs/howto/usingcurl.rst deleted file mode 100644 index eeb8da06..00000000 --- a/docs/howto/usingcurl.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -Using CURL with django-rest-framework -===================================== - -`curl <http://curl.haxx.se/>`_ is a great command line tool for making requests to URLs. - -There are a few things that can be helpful to remember when using CURL with django-rest-framework APIs. - -#. Curl sends an ``Accept: */*`` header by default:: - - curl -X GET http://example.com/my-api/ - -#. Setting the ``Accept:`` header on a curl request can be useful:: - - curl -X GET -H 'Accept: application/json' http://example.com/my-api/ - -#. The text/plain representation is useful for browsing the API:: - - curl -X GET -H 'Accept: text/plain' http://example.com/my-api/ - -#. ``POST`` and ``PUT`` requests can contain form data (ie ``Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded``):: - - curl -X PUT --data 'foo=bar' http://example.com/my-api/some-resource/ - -#. Or any other content type:: - - curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"foo":"bar"}' http://example.com/my-api/some-resource/ - -#. You can use basic authentication to send the username and password:: - - curl -X GET -H 'Accept: application/json' -u <user>:<password> http://example.com/my-api/ |