Curl command line for consuming webServices?

Question

Do you guys know how I can use the Curl command line to POST SOAP to test a web service?

I have a file (soap.xml) which has all the soap message attached to it I just don't seem to be able to properly post it.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Posting a string:

curl -d "String to post" "http://www.example.com/target"

Posting the contents of a file:

curl -d @soap.xml "http://www.example.com/target"

Answer 2

@Luca

Please note that the data should be URL-encoded.

Answer 3

If you are doing soap with php I recommend checking out nusoap

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nusoap/

Answer 4

He's not doing SOAP with PHP. He just wanted a command to send a HTTP POST with a SOAP-Request in it. So don't just propose things not needed here.

Answer 5

If you want a fluffier interface than the terminal, http://hurl.it/ is awesome.