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When I echo I get this, which runs when I enter it into the terminal

curl -i \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-X POST --data '{"account":{"email":"[email protected]","screenName":"akdgdtk","type":"NIKE","passwordSettings":{"password":"Starwars1","passwordConfirm":"Starwars1"}},"firstName":"Test","lastName":"User","middleName":"ObiWan","locale":"en_US","registrationSiteId":"520","receiveEmail":"false","dateOfBirth":"1984-12-25","mobileNumber":"9175555555","gender":"male","fuelActivationDate":"2010-10-22","postalCode":"10022","country":"US","city":"Beverton","state":"OR","bio":"This is a test user","jpFirstNameKana":"unsure","jpLastNameKana":"ofthis","height":"80","weight":"175","distanceUnit":"MILES","weightUnit":"POUNDS","heightUnit":"FT/INCHES"}' https://xxx:[email protected]/xxxxx/xxxx/xxxx

But when run in the bash script file, I get this error

curl: (6) Could not resolve host: application; nodename nor servname provided, or not known
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: is; nodename nor servname provided, or not known
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: a; nodename nor servname provided, or not known
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: test; nodename nor servname provided, or not known
curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket at pos 158

this is the code in the file

curl -i \
-H '"'Accept: application/json'"' \
-H '"'Content-Type:application/json'"' \
-X POST --data "'"'{"account":{"email":"'$email'","screenName":"'$screenName'","type":"'$theType'","passwordSettings":{"password":"'$password'","passwordConfirm":"'$password'"}},"firstName":"'$firstName'","lastName":"'$lastName'","middleName":"'$middleName'","locale":"'$locale'","registrationSiteId":"'$registrationSiteId'","receiveEmail":"'$receiveEmail'","dateOfBirth":"'$dob'","mobileNumber":"'$mobileNumber'","gender":"'$gender'","fuelActivationDate":"'$fuelActivationDate'","postalCode":"'$postalCode'","country":"'$country'","city":"'$city'","state":"'$state'","bio":"'$bio'","jpFirstNameKana":"'$jpFirstNameKana'","jpLastNameKana":"'$jpLastNameKana'","height":"'$height'","weight":"'$weight'","distanceUnit":"MILES","weightUnit":"POUNDS","heightUnit":"FT/INCHES"}'"'" "https://xxx:[email protected]/xxxxx/xxxx/xxxx"

I assume there's an issue with my quotation marks, but I've played with them a lot and I've gotten similar errors. All the variables are defined with different functions in the actual script

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You don't need to pass the quotes enclosing the custom headers to curl. Also, your variables in the middle of the data argument should be quoted.

Try this code in your script:

curl -i \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-X POST --data '{"account":{"email":"'"$email"'","screenName":"'"$screenName"'","type":"'"$theType"'","passwordSettings":{"password":"'"$password"'","passwordConfirm":"'"$password"'"}},"firstName":"'"$firstName"'","lastName":"'"$lastName"'","middleName":"'"$middleName"'","locale":"'"$locale"'","registrationSiteId":"'"$registrationSiteId"'","receiveEmail":"'"$receiveEmail"'","dateOfBirth":"'"$dob"'","mobileNumber":"'"$mobileNumber"'","gender":"'"$gender"'","fuelActivationDate":"'"$fuelActivationDate"'","postalCode":"'"$postalCode"'","country":"'"$country"'","city":"'"$city"'","state":"'"$state"'","bio":"'"$bio"'","jpFirstNameKana":"'"$jpFirstNameKana"'","jpLastNameKana":"'"$jpLastNameKana"'","height":"'"$height"'","weight":"'"$weight"'","distanceUnit":"MILES","weightUnit":"POUNDS","heightUnit":"FT/INCHES"}' "https://xxx:[email protected]/xxxxx/xxxx/xxxx"

The double quotes in the -H arguments (as in -H "foo bar") tell bash to keep what's inside as a single argument (even if it contains spaces).

The single quotes in the --data argument (as in --data 'foo bar') do the same, except they pass all text verbatim (including double quote characters and the dollar sign).

To insert a variable in the middle of a single quoted text, you have to end the single quote, then concatenate with the double quoted variable, and re-open the single quote to continue the text: 'foo bar'"$variable"'more foo'.

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