Encode URL variable with curl

Question

I have a rest endpoint that looks like this http://someurl.com/ {some_id}

I need to be able to make a GET request to that using the curl command from linux, and I need to be able to send the variable url encoded

if I try curl -G -v 'http://someurl.com' --data-urlencode 's*9678&as' it adds the ? in front, I want to be able to send the "some_id" as part of the path

Answer 1

Use urlencode . If on ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install gridsite-clients

then

$ curl -G -v  "http://someurl.com/$(urlencode 's*9678&as')"