knife raw — chef-client Man Pages

# knife raw

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

## Syntax

This subcommand has the following syntax:

    $ knife raw REQUEST_PATH (options)

## Options

Note

Review the list of common options available to this (and all) knife subcommands and plugins.

This subcommand has the following options:

`-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`.

## Examples

The following examples show how to use this knife subcommand:

View a client

To view information about a client:

    knife raw /clients/<client_name>

View a node

To view information about a node:

    knife raw /nodes/<node_name>

Delete a data bag

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"
    }