How do I convert this curl command to Ruby rest-client put request?

Question

I have this curl command which I need to covert to PUT request

curl https://example.com/api/v2/students/id.json \
  -d '{"student":{"description":{"body":"Adding a new test description"}}}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -v -u test@gmail.com:Abcd1234 \
  -X PUT

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I tried this PUT, but it doesn't work. It doesn't throw any error, but it does not add the description.

put(
     "https://example.com/api/v2/students/id.json",
     {:student => {:description  => {:body => 'Adding a new test description.'}}},
     { 'Authorization' => "Basic #{authorization_token}" }
     )

Welcome to stackoverflow. Snippets are for frontend JS/HTML/CSS problems. Other code should just be indented by four spaces (select the text and press the `{}` button on the edit window). — max, Mar 16 '19 at 20:55
“Doesn’t work” means exactly what? Does it print an error message? — Aleksei Matiushkin, Mar 16 '19 at 21:14
It does not throw any error message but is not adding the description that is given. It adds the description with the curl command — Ashley, Mar 16 '19 at 21:16
Try `{student: {description: {body: 'Adding a new test description.'}}}` — Sully, Mar 16 '19 at 21:27
Tried but not working. No error but not adding the description either — Ashley, Mar 16 '19 at 21:30
Are if.json and tickets a typo? There is an error, but you are not capturing it — Sully, Mar 16 '19 at 21:38

Sully · Answer 1 · 2019-03-16T22:20:15.893

curl https://example.com/api/v2/students/id.json \
  -d '{"student":{"description":{"body":"Adding a new test description"}}}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -v -u test@gmail.com:Abcd1234 \
  -X PUT

use

put(
     "https://test%40gmail.com:Abcd1234@example.com/api/v2/students/id.json",
     {student: {description: {body: 'Adding a new test description.'}}},
     #{'student': {'description': {'body': 'Adding a new test description.'}}},
     #{:student => {:description  => {:body => 'Adding a new test description.'}}}.to_json,
     {content_type: :json, accept: :json}
)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '19 at 21:47

In your curl example, you provided the body as a (JSON-formatted) string:

curl ... \
  -d '{"student":{"description":{"body":"Adding a new test description"}}}' \
  ...

The direct equivalent in rest-client would also use a (JSON-formatted) string:

put( ...,
  '{"student":{"description":{"body":"Adding a new test description"}}}',
  ...
)

According to the README:

rest-client does not speak JSON natively, so serialize your payload to a string before passing it to rest-client.

You can use the rest-client log to show the actual HTTP request sent, and compare it with what curl sends.

What was the difference in the HTTP request (as reported by the rest-client log and the curl trace)? — RJHunter, Mar 16 '19 at 23:03

How do I convert this curl command to Ruby rest-client put request?

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