Curl

SOAP request with BASIC authentication

curl --user $UNAME:$PASSWORD --header 'Content-Type: text/xml' --data @FILENAME.xml URL

POST JSON object

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"foo":"1","bar":"2"}' URL

POST binary data

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/pdf' --data-binary @FILENAME.pdf URL