We are trying to replicate the following in Pharo... $ echo "hello; world" | curl -s -F "syntax=smalltalk" -F "content=<-" http://dpaste.com/api/v2/ like this... url := ZnClient new logToTranscript; systemPolicy; beOneShot; url: 'http://dpaste.com/api/v2/'; formAt: 'syntax' put: 'smalltalk'; formAt: 'content' put: 'hello; world'; post. Curl produces... "hello; world" http://dpaste.com/2Y15WGY but Zinc produces only... "hello" http://dpaste.com/28E974Y The difference is apparent on the wire... With curl... [image: image.png] With Zinc... [image: image.png] The curl manpage says... -F, --form <name=content> For HTTP protocol family, this lets curl emulate a filled-in form in which a user has pressed the submit button. This causes curl to POST data using the Content-Type multipart/form-data according to RFC 2388. So we've used multipart forms elsewhere already... https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/4a88c397/dev/src/ExercismTo... <https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/4a88c397e550f1319b7be4dbffd...> https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/4a88c397/dev/src/ExercismTo... <https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/4a88c397e550f1319b7be4dbffd...> https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/9c6b91aaf/dev/src/ExercismS... <https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/9c6b91aa9fd10ae1efdfa779e00...> https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/0e0bd82ed/dev/src/ExercismT... <https://github.com/exercism/pharo-smalltalk/blob/0e0bd82ed74c9966d2375d93922...> so I'm sure we can achieve what we want, just curious if there might be any convenience methods that could be used similar to the examples given on the rest of curl's "-F" description. Or if there could be? Curl examples are often used for reference by APIs ( http://dpaste.com/api/v2/) and a close map between curl and Zinc would be really great. cheers -ben P.S. I even wonder if a ZnCurl would be useful that parsed curl strings. This would firstly provide ease of use for newcomers, and secondly define how to map through to native Zinc methods.
