How to specify @ in username and password for curl command?

Question

$ curl -k -i -X POST -d '{ "path" : "/" }' https://abc@example.com:qwer@@53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com:33001/files/workspaces/42796/all/12345:2

results in:

curl: (3) Port number ended with 'I'

Without @:

$ curl -k -i -X POST -d '{ "path" : "/" }' https://abcexample.com:qwer@53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com:33001/files/workspaces/42796/all/12345:2

results in:

curl: (7) Failed to connect to 53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com port 33001: Connection timed out

How to specify @ in username and password for curl command?

`$ curl -k -i -X POST -d '{ "path" : "/" }' "https://abc@example.com":qwer@@53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com:33001/files/workspaces/42796/all/12345:2` This asks for password and then shows the same error. — Aquarius_Girl, Oct 30 '20 at 14:07
I mean the complete URL and so :"https:\/\/abc@example.com:qwer@@53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com:33001/files/workspaces/42796/all/12345:2" — Raman Sailopal, Oct 30 '20 at 14:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '20 at 22:02

If the auth username or password contain an @ symbol, it should be urlencoded to %40.

Your curl command could look like either of these examples:

curl -k -i -X POST -d '{ "path" : "/" }' \ 
  https://abc%40example.com:qwer%40@53096wrxgcg.ibmaspera.com:33001/files/workspaces/42796/all/12345:2

or

curl --user abc%40example.com:qwer%40 -k -i ...

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