Problem posting json object as form parameter from translated curl command

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Hi there, first time posting here;

ive got a curl command (that ive verified works ok in curl) but translating it to Postman is proving troublesome

curl --insecure --cookie SessionID="==value====" -H “Accept: application/xml” --data “searchCriteria={‘criteria’:[{‘field’:‘doc_ref’,‘operator’:‘3’,‘values’:[‘doc_name_to_find’]}]}” https://adoddleak.asite.com/commonapi/documentsearchapi/search>documentsearch.xml

the main problem i seem to be having is that its a form encoded post with a parameter that contains a json object (rather than a flat body post) and i just cannot figure out how to enter it into postman to make it work

can anyone help me please?

example json object
{
‘criteria’:[
{
‘field’:‘folder_id’,
‘operator’:1,
‘values’:[‘885937637628’]
},
{
‘field’:‘doc_ref’,
‘operator’:1,
‘values’:[‘doc_name_to_find.pdf’]
}
],
‘generateShareLink’:‘false’,
‘read-only’:‘true’
}

things ive tried:
importing the curl command as text using the Import system, but it fails with “Error while importing Curl: arg.startsWith is not a function”

raw post:
“searchCriteria={‘criteria’:[{‘field’:‘doc_ref’,‘operator’:‘3’,‘values’:[‘CORP-KMS-LAN-PRC-0023’]}]}”
searchCriteria={‘criteria’:[{‘field’:‘doc_ref’,‘operator’:‘3’,‘values’:[‘CORP-KMS-LAN-PRC-0023’]}]}
etc

x-www-form-urlencoded

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attempted arrays using the postman array system
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im either so far off the mark its silly or im missing something super basic and stupid.

cheers,
M

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i was being an idiot, the >documentsearch.xml is the output command of curl and isnt part of the URL.