JsonParseException when calling a REST service with curl on Windows

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When I called a REST service (provided by webMethods Integration Server) with curl on my Windows machine, I got the following error:

org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException:Unexpected character (''' (code 39)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')\n at [Source: com.wm.net.HttpInputStream@74356f93; line: 1, column: 2]

The solution was quite simple: use double quotes instead of single quotes when providing JSON payload.

The curl call that led to the above message looked like this:

curl^
      -X POST^
      -H "Accept: application/json"^
      -H "Content-Type: application/json"^
      -d '{"Username":"Stefan","Password":"secret"}'^
      http://server/service

After changing the fifth line to -d "{\"Username\":\"Stefan\",\"Password\":\"secret\"}"^ everyhing worked as expected.

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