[SOLVED] wget sent edited xml as post data

deadeyes · 07-08-2010, 04:50 AM

Hi all,

To make an rpc call I need to sent an xml file as post data.
I know how to do this with wget. It works fine when I have the xml already filled in (depending on the node values the response from the call is different).

However I want to be able to edit part of this file, and then sent that as post data using wget.

I can edit this file using sed (I dont want to rewrite the files each time this gets used; and it does get used alot, with alot of different values).

Is there some way I can use a HERE document? And what about escaping all the xml code?

Thanks in advance

deadeyes · 07-09-2010, 07:28 AM

I fixed it using a HERE document like this:

Code:

myval=foo
xmlcall=`cat <<XMLCA
<tag1>
<tag2>$myval</tag2>
</tag1>
XMLCA`

wget --post-data="$xmlcall" http://theurl

So this is solved