GET CURL doesn't escape some of the characters [duplicate] - bash

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I have the following GET CURL from which I get an xml.
curl -X 'GET' \
'http://local/something/something2' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'authorization: auth'
Now I want to use the previous xml received above within this POST CURL:
curl -X 'POST' \
'http://something/something2' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'authorization: auth' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"components": [
{
"locator": "sample",
"config": xml file from above
}
]
}'
How can I make the second CURL with POST?

Answer 1

See this post to see how to capture the output of the first command into a variable. Use it like this:
output=$(curl -X 'GET' \
'http://local/something/something2' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'authorization: auth')
# Assuming the $output variable is a JSON object, with a property
# called 'result', use 'jq' to extract the value of that property
result=$(jq -r '.result' <<< "$output")
# As noted above, escape the double quotes with backslashes
curl -X 'POST' \
'http://something/something2' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'authorization: auth' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{
\"components\": [
{
\"locator\": \"sample\",
\"config\": \"$result\"
}
]
}"
Note the double quotes - double quotes must be there so $output variable can be used. As a result, the double quotes in the JSON need to be escaped.