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h1. Using the REST API with cURL "curl":http://curl.haxx.se/ is a command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols. It can be used to interact with the Redmine REST API. h2. Using JSON Here is a simple example of a command that can be used to update an issue: <pre> curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT --data-binary --data "@388.json" -u login:password http://redmine/issues/388.json curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT --data-binary --data "@388.json" -H "X-Redmine-API-Key: xxxx" http://redmine/issues/388.json </pre> The file that contains the data sent to Redmine (388.json in the example above) would look like this: <pre> { "issue": { "subject": "subject123", "notes": "Changing the subject" } } </pre> Note: it's required to set the @Content-Type@ header according to the format of the data you are sending. It must be set to one the following values: * @application/json@ * @application/xml@ h2. Using XML Here is a simple example of a command that can be used to create an issue with custom fields: <pre> curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST --data-binary --data "@issue.xml" -u login:password http://redmine/issues.xml curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST --data-binary --data "@issue.xml" -H "X-Redmine-API-Key: xxxx" http://redmine/issues.xml </pre> Where issue.xml content is: <pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <issue> <subject>API custom fields</subject> <project_id>1</project_id> <tracker_id>2</tracker_id> <custom_fields type="array"> <custom_field> <id>2</id> <value>Fixed</value> </custom_field> <custom_field> <id>1</id> <value>0.8.2</value> </custom_field> </custom_fields> </issue> </pre> h2. Text formatting If you want to use some text formatting (e.g to update a wiki page on your project), you should make sure to use the curl's option @--data-binary@ instead of @--data@ to load the file. Only that way, curl will send newline characters unchanged and will retain all formatting. <pre>curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X PUT --data-binary "@wiki.xml" -u login:password http://redmine/projects/foo/wiki/page_test.xml</pre> Where wiki.xml content is: <pre> <?xml version="1.0"?> <wiki_page> <text> h1. TITLE %{font-size:14pt}SUBTITLE% </text> </wiki_page> </pre> h2. Attaching files If you want to create an issue with image.png attached, you need to upload this file first: <pre> curl --data-binary "@image.png" -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" -X POST -u login:password http://redmine/uploads.xml # 201 response <upload> <token>7167.ed1ccdb093229ca1bd0b043618d88743</token> </upload> </pre> Then, use the token to create the issue: <pre> curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST --data "@issue.xml" -u login:password http://redmine/issues.xml </pre> Where issue.xml content is: <pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <issue> <subject>Issue with attachment</subject> <project_id>1</project_id> <uploads type="array"> <upload> <token>7167.ed1ccdb093229ca1bd0b043618d88743</token> <filename>image.png</filename> <content_type>image/png</content_type> </upload> </uploads> </issue> </pre>