SyntaxError: Unexpected token c in JSON at position 1 when you POST JSON data with curl

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When trying to use curl to POST data to your api and getting an error?

The error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token c in JSON at position 1

Answer

You need to wrap your json block in quotes

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"content":"a"}' your_url_here

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