How can I use curl to create stuff in TiddlyWeb? in tiddlyweb

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Sometimes you may wish to create or update a tiddler, bag or recipe from the command line and twanager won't work for you for some reason. Maybe you are accessing a remote server. In these instances you can use curl or wget to make requests to the TiddlyWeb server.

Below are some examples. In each of these the argument to the -d switch is a JSON string, so the use of ' and " matter. Please see JSON bag, JSON recipe and JSON tiddler for important details on the structure of the JSON that must be sent.

Create or Update a Bag

      curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.tiddlyweb+json' -d '{"policy":{}}' http://0.0.0.0:8080/bags/foobar

Create or Update a Recipe

    curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.tiddlyweb+json' -d '{"recipe":[["system",""],["common",""]]}' \
        http://0.0.0.0:8080/recipes/default

Create or Update a Tiddler

    curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.tiddlyweb+json' -d '{"text":"hello"}' \
        http://0.0.0.0:8080/bags/foobar/tiddlers/monkey

If you wish to PUT a binary tiddler you can do the following, assuming the source file is named monkey.png:

    curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: image/png' --data-binary @monkey.png \
        http://0.0.0.0:8080/bags/foobar/tiddlers/monkey