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Sending JSON curl via Postman

I am trying to send a request via Postman to API,
Below is the request type which is accepted by API,

curl https://api.shoonya.com/NorenWClientTP/QuickAuth 
-d "jData={ "apkversion": "1.0.0", "uid": "TRST", "pwd": "s3cur3Id", "factor2":
"31-08-2017", "imei": "134243434", "source": "API"}“

When I send JSON via Postmanenter image description here, it throws the error Invalid Input : jData is not valid json object

What is wrong with this request? Or how can I write JSON which has jData object?

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  1. 0

    You need to remove "jData =" from you message and try again.

    Also its better to post a json file with curl as below

    curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @FILENAME DESTINATION

    For example:

    curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @payload.json https://api.shoonya.com/NorenWClientTP/QuickAuth
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  2. 0

    Importing the curl command in to Postman (yes this would have been the easiest way for you to replicate it in Postman) sets the body content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded not raw as you have it your screenshot.

    Change the content type and the request should work.

    On a side note the body content as you currently have it is not valid JSON and would fail to be parsed as such. Postman even has unbderlined jData= with a red squiggly line`

    screenshot of Postman highlighting an error in JSON

    The valid/correct JSON would be:

    {
  "apkversion": "1.0.0",
  "uid": "TRST",
  "pwd": "s3cur3Id",
  "factor2": "31-08-2017",
  "imei": "134243434",
  "source": "API"
}
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