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curl

Makes HTTP (and other protocol) requests from the command line — for testing an API, downloading a file, or debugging a service.

Common requests

SHELL

1curl <url> # GET, prints the body

2curl -I <url> # headers only

3curl -o <file> <url> # save to a file

4curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key":"value"}' <url>

5curl -sw "%{http_code}\n" -o /dev/null <url> # just the status code