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Fix documentation on file upload (#1000)

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As documented later on in "File upload forms", the correct syntax to set
the mimetype of the upload is `field@file;type=filetype`
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@ -462,34 +462,34 @@ their type is distinguished only by the separator used:
``:``, ``=``, ``:=``, ``==``, ``@``, ``=@``, and ``:=@``. The ones with an
``@`` expect a file path as value.
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Item Type | Description |
+=======================+=====================================================+
| HTTP Headers | Arbitrary HTTP header, e.g. ``X-API-Token:123``. |
| ``Name:Value`` | |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| URL parameters | Appends the given name/value pair as a query |
| ``name==value`` | string parameter to the URL. |
| | The ``==`` separator is used. |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Data Fields | Request data fields to be serialized as a JSON |
| ``field=value``, | object (default), to be form-encoded |
| ``field=@file.txt`` | (with ``--form, -f``), or to be serialized as |
| | ``multipart/form-data`` (with ``--multipart``). |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Raw JSON fields | Useful when sending JSON and one or |
| ``field:=json``, | more fields need to be a ``Boolean``, ``Number``, |
| ``field:=@file.json`` | nested ``Object``, or an ``Array``, e.g., |
| | ``meals:='["ham","spam"]'`` or ``pies:=[1,2,3]`` |
| | (note the quotes). |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Fields upload fields | Only available with ``--form, -f`` and |
| ``field@/dir/file`` | ``--multipart``. |
| ``field@file;type`` | For example ``screenshot@~/Pictures/img.png``, or |
| | ``'cv@cv.txt;text/markdown'``. |
| | With ``--form``, the presence of a file field |
| | results in a ``--multipart`` request. |
+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Item Type | Description |
+==============================+===================================================+
| HTTP Headers | Arbitrary HTTP header, e.g. ``X-API-Token:123``. |
| ``Name:Value`` | |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| URL parameters | Appends the given name/value pair as a query |
| ``name==value`` | string parameter to the URL. |
| | The ``==`` separator is used. |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Data Fields | Request data fields to be serialized as a JSON |
| ``field=value``, | object (default), to be form-encoded |
| ``field=@file.txt`` | (with ``--form, -f``), or to be serialized as |
| | ``multipart/form-data`` (with ``--multipart``). |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Raw JSON fields | Useful when sending JSON and one or |
| ``field:=json``, | more fields need to be a ``Boolean``, ``Number``, |
| ``field:=@file.json`` | nested ``Object``, or an ``Array``, e.g., |
| | ``meals:='["ham","spam"]'`` or ``pies:=[1,2,3]`` |
| | (note the quotes). |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Fields upload fields | Only available with ``--form, -f`` and |
| ``field@/dir/file`` | ``--multipart``. |
| ``field@file;type=filetype`` | For example ``screenshot@~/Pictures/img.png``, or |
| | ``'cv@cv.txt;type=text/markdown'``. |
| | With ``--form``, the presence of a file field |
| | results in a ``--multipart`` request. |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
Note that data fields aren’t the only way to specify request data: