On 01/26/2011 08:01 AM, Kaplan, Murad wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using wget and I have a question about the -post-data option.
> Can I use it to POST data to another server. Like, can I use it so upload
> .jpg or .DOC files?
> For example wget -post-file=file-1.jpg http://server.com/files
No, sorry. See recent versions of the manual (where this has been
clarified a little better than some of the preceding version).
--post-file=file
Use POST as the method for all HTTP requests and send
the specified data in the request body. --post-data
sends string as data, whereas --post-file sends the
contents of file. Other than that, they work in
exactly the same way. In particular, they both expect
content of the form "key1=value1&key2=value2", with
percent-encoding for special characters; the only
difference is that one expects its content as a
command-line paramter and the other accepts its content
from a file. In particular, --post-file is not for
transmitting files as form attachments: those must
appear as "key=value" data (with appropriate percent-
coding) just like everything else. Wget does not
currently support "multipart/form-data" for
transmitting POST data; only
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded". Only one of
--post-data and --post-file should be specified.
--
HTH,
Micah J. Cowan
http://micah.cowan.name/
