---
title: "Run a named command, passing its arguments as a JSON array in the body."
method: POST
path: "/api/command/{command}"
tags: ["command"]
---

# Run a named command, passing its arguments as a JSON array in the body.

`POST /api/command/{command}`

An argument may contain `%VAR:name%` to substitute a User Variable's current value, as anywhere else a command's arguments are given. No encoding is needed here, unlike the GET form above. An unset variable substitutes as an empty string.

## Request body

- unknown[]
  - unknown

## Response `200`

Command result.

## Other responses

- `500` — The command errored or timed out.

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