Send a cURL request help

[young merlin]

How do i send a POST curl request to a discord webhook?

curl -X POST -F 'payload_json={"username": "test", "content": "hello"}' -F "file1=@README.md" https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1085042745095229480/token_goes_here

Particularly, how do I write a curl request with the -F tag?

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[elfin wadi]

what does this have to do with java?

[young merlin]

sorry, probably wasn't clear enough. I need to make the equivalent https request with java, but I've never worked with files.

URL url = "...";
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","multipart/form-data");
connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");```

but i don't know how to use the -F tag at all in java

[elfin wadi]

try (OutputStream output = connection.getOutputStream()) {
    output.write(json.getBytes(charset));
  }

  InputStream response = connection.getInputStream();
  try (OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
        input.transferTo(output);
    } catch (IOException ioException) {
        ioException.printStackTrace();
    }

something like that^

[young merlin]

what is charset defined as?

'utf-8'?

[elfin wadi]

yes

[young merlin]

alright, thanks, Ill try that now

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