send api request param as file

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
index ee6b93381..dddac071b 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   getenv,
   pathHomedir,
   processExit,
+  readFile,
   readlinePrompt,
   setUnhandledRejectionHandler,
 } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util/compat";
@@ -374,8 +375,9 @@ walletCli
     await withWallet(args, async (wallet) => {
       let requestJson;
       logger.info(`handling 'api' request (${args.api.operation})`);
+      const jsonContent = args.api.request.startsWith("@") ? readFile(args.api.request.substring(1)) : args.api.request
       try {
-        requestJson = JSON.parse(args.api.request);
+        requestJson = JSON.parse(jsonContent);
       } catch (e) {
         console.error("Invalid JSON");
         processExit(1);