Sending a RAW data POST-request with an HTML Form?

Question

I need to send raw data in the body of a POST request to a Webservice. Can I accomplish this with a HTML form?

Using a standard HTML input field seems to unavoidabl

Answer 1

There is a potential hack here. If your data either has a natrual "=" in it, or you can modify it so that an "=" can be added in some harmless way, you can:

• Set the forms enctype to text/plain
• Set a hidden input w/ a name taken from the start of your your data, up to but excluding the first "="
• Set the input fields value to the byte that follows the "=" until the end of the data.

Source where I learned about this technique:

https://systemoverlord.com/2016/08/24/posting-json-with-an-html-form.html