http patch for network

Patch a body to a URL.

Signature

> http patch (URL) (data) --user --password --content-type --max-time --headers --raw --insecure --full --allow-errors

Parameters

• URL: the URL to post to
• data: the contents of the post body
• --user {any}: the username when authenticating
• --password {any}: the password when authenticating
• --content-type {any}: the MIME type of content to post
• --max-time {int}: timeout period in seconds
• --headers {any}: custom headers you want to add
• --raw (-r): return values as a string instead of a table
• --insecure (-k): allow insecure server connections when using SSL
• --full (-f): returns the full response instead of only the body
• --allow-errors (-e): do not fail if the server returns an error code

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	any

Examples

Patch content to example.com

> http patch https://www.example.com 'body'

Patch content to example.com, with username and password

> http patch -u myuser -p mypass https://www.example.com 'body'

Patch content to example.com, with custom header

> http patch -H [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com

Patch content to example.com, with JSON body

> http patch -t application/json https://www.example.com { field: value }

Notes

Performs HTTP PATCH operation.