# HTTP request and curl - basic question
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-and-curl-basic-question/48557
**Category:** General
**Created:** [18 July 2021 21:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-and-curl-basic-question/48557 "2021-07-18T21:23:39Z")
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### Author:  [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)
#### Post date: [18 July 2021 21:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-and-curl-basic-question/48557/1 "2021-07-18T21:23:39Z")
What am I doing wrong?
Here's my HTTP In node:
If I enter this into command line:
`curl.exe http://10.1.1.37:1880/red/UPS?message=hellothere`
It works nicely.
But if I enter this:
`curl.exe -d "message=hello there" http://10.1.1.37:1880/red/UPS`
I get this returned on command line:
```auto
Error
Cannot POST /red/UPS
```
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [18 July 2021 22:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-and-curl-basic-question/48557/2 "2021-07-18T22:38:29Z")
If I’ve read about curl and html get/put correctly, the first case is a GET and the second is a PUT so I would expect that /red/UPS deals with GETs and not PUTs
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [16 September 2021 22:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-and-curl-basic-question/48557/3 "2021-09-16T22:39:19Z")
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