Having trouble with a curl POST request? Need help sending data correctly? Alternatively: How do I pr

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Hey! Yeah, curl post requests can be a pain sometimes. For JSON, you definitely need the `-H "Content-Type: application/json"` header. Also, make sure your JSON is properly formatted—no missing commas or braces.

Try this example:
```bash
curl -X POST https://example.com/api \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"key":"value", "another_key":"another_value"}'
```

If it hangs, maybe add `-v` for verbose mode to see what's happening. Also, check if the server expects any auth headers.

For debugging, I love using https://httpbin.org/post to test requests—it echoes back what you sent.

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