NAME

       knife-raw - The man page for the knife raw subcommand.

       The knife raw subcommand is used to send a REST request to a specified path using the Chef
       Server API.

       Common Options

       The following options can be run with all Knife sub-commands and plug-ins:

       -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
              The configuration file to use.

       --color
              Indicates that colored output will be used.

       -d, --disable-editing
              Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as-is.

       --defaults
              Indicates that Knife will use the default  value,  instead  of  asking  a  user  to
              provide one.

       -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
              The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.

       -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
              The  name  of  the environment. When this option is added to a command, the command
              will run only against the named environment.

       -f FILE_NAME, --file FILE_NAME
              Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name.

       -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.

       -h, --help
              Shows help for the command.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to  the
              server.

       --no-color
              Indicates that color will not be used in the output.

       -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
              The user password.

       --print-after
              Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.

       -s URL, --server-url URL
              The URL for the server.

       -u USER, --user USER
              The  user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the server.
              Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the private key.

       -v, --version
              The version of the chef-client.

       -V, --verbose
              Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

       -y, --yes
              Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will  be  "Yes"  (and  that
              Knife will not ask for confirmation).

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       --chef-repo-path PATH
              The  path  to  the  chef-repo.  This  setting will override the default path to the
              chef-repo. Default: same as specified by chef_repo_path in config.rb.

       --concurrency
              The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.

       -i FILE, --input FILE
              The name of a file to be used with the PUT or a POST request.

       --[no-]pretty
              Use --no-pretty to disable pretty-print output for JSON. Default: --pretty.

       -m METHOD, --method METHOD
              The request method: DELETE, GET, POST, or PUT. Default value: GET.

       --repo-mode MODE
              The layout  of  the  local  chef-repo.  Possible  values:  static,  everything,  or
              hosted_everything.  Use  static  for  just roles, environments, cookbooks, and data
              bags.  By  default,  everything  and  hosted_everything  are  dynamically  selected
              depending on the server type. Default: everything / hosted_everything.

       Examples

       To view information about a client:

       knife raw /clients/<client_name>

       To view information about a node:

       knife raw /nodes/<node_name>

       To delete a data bag, enter a command similar to:

       $ knife raw -m DELETE /data/foo

       to return something similar to:

       {
         "name":"foo",
         "json_class":"Chef::DataBag",
         "chef_type":"data_bag"
       }

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                                           Chef 11.8.0                               KNIFE-RAW(1)