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@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/mine
 	    * Body: the input file to be converted
 	    * Example:
 ```
-curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" --data @cell_designer.xml -H "Content-Type: text/plain" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/minerva/api/convert/CellDesigner_SBML:SBML
+curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" --data-binary @cell_designer.xml -H "Content-Type: text/plain" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/minerva/api/convert/CellDesigner_SBML:SBML
 ```   
                               
 * Conversion to image
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/mine
 	    * Body: the input file to be converted
 	    * Example:
 ```
-curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" --data @cell_designer.xml -H "Content-Type: text/plain" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/minerva/api/convert/image/CellDesigner_SBML:SVG
+curl -X GET --cookie "MINERVA_AUTH_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx" --data-binary @cell_designer.xml -H "Content-Type: text/plain" http://pg-sandbox.uni.lu/minerva/api/convert/image/CellDesigner_SBML:SVG
 ```
 
 # JavaScript API. Unstable dev API.