GET curl call not returning JSON object

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curl -D- -X GET -H "Authorization: Basic --------------------=" -H     
"Content-Type: application/json" https://jira.-----------.net/rest/api/latest/search?jql=assignee=wwilson

This returns actual correct output, but when I try to pipe a command to format it it tells me that no JSON object could be decoded.

{"expand":"names,schema","startAt":0,"maxResults":50,"total":1,"issues":
[{"expand":"editmeta,renderedFields,transitions,changelog,operations","id":"11497"    
,"self":"https://jira.some-company.net/rest/api/latest/issue/11497","key":"QA-
121","fields":{"summary":"Test_Run","progress":
.... Not going to give you the crapton of lines in the middle ....
{"progress":0,"total":0},"lastViewed":"2015-06-16T09:52:41.616-
0400","components":
[],"timeoriginalestimate":null,"aggregatetimespent":null}}]}

This is what the output currently looks like (partial example, JSON is correct, but has sensitive information and -> ), but it has another 40 lines or so. Pretty print would be the goal. I tried it by piping in...

| python -m json.tool

But again it threw even though it is a valid JSON:

No JSON object could be decoded

No, it's just an example. My bad should have specified. Some of the JSON's are 1000's of lines long @Klaus — Ian
– Ian, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 14:06
The problem is that your JSON is faulty because it's not complete. It would be good if you could post the full JSON output. — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 14:08
Did you test it with a shorter JSON that can be easily validated? — ROMANIA_engineer
– ROMANIA_engineer, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 14:09
Is that your real password in the Basic auth? If so you should change it — John La Rooy
– John La Rooy, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 14:10

John La Rooy · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 14:19:22Z

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-D- is including the headers in stdout. You should leave that off

The -D option dumps the headers to the given file.
The special filename - is stdout

edited Jun 16, 2015 at 14:19

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 14:16

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2 Comments

Ian Over a year ago

Thank you! Worked beautifully @John What does the -D- stand for?

Ilia Choly Over a year ago

@Ian it's the short form for --dump-header

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