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curl

issue a GET request to a URL curl http://www.example.com

issue a PUT request with a JSON payload curl -X PUT http://www.example.com -d '{"key": "value"}'

POST data.txt to a URL curl -X POST http://www.example.com --data-binary @data.txt

issue a GET request with a header Key paired to Value curl -X PUT http://www.example.com -H "Key:Value"

Basic Usage

Issue an HTTP request of a particular method type to a URL. By default curl issues a GET request. The -X flag lets you specify other methods, like PUT and POST: curl -X

Cookies

curl can use cookies. The --cookie flag allows you to set name=value pairs at the command line. This command will issue a GET request, print verbose output (-v), and pass a cookie where TOKEN is set to data (--cookie "TOKEN=data"): curl -v --cookie "TOKEN=data" http://www.example.com

Querying Sets and Ranges

curl can be used to issue requests to numerous URLs simultaneously, issued in sequential order. This command will issue requests to both the www and admin subdomains ({www,admin}) of example.com: curl http://{www,admin}.example.com

It can also query sequential ranges by placing numbers in square brackets. This will issue requests for resources 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt, and 4.txt ([1:4]) from example.com: curl http://www.example.com/[1:4].txt

You can also specify a step. This will query letters of the alphabet (a-z), but only every second letter (:2): curl http://www.example.com?letter=[a-z:2]

curl

Transfers data from or to a server.
Supports most protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and POP3.
More information: https://curl.haxx.se.

  • Download the contents of an URL to a file:

    curl http://example.com -o filename

  • Download a file, saving the output under the filename indicated by the URL:

    curl -O http://example.com/filename

  • Download a file, following [L]ocation redirects, and automatically [C]ontinuing (resuming) a previous file transfer:

    curl -O -L -C - http://example.com/filename

  • Send form-encoded data (POST request of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded):

    curl -d 'name=bob' http://example.com/form

  • Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method:

    curl -H 'X-My-Header: 123' -X PUT http://example.com

  • Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header:

    curl -d '{"name":"bob"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://example.com/users/1234

  • Pass a user name and password for server authentication:

    curl -u myusername:mypassword http://example.com

  • Pass client certificate and key for a resource, skipping certificate validation:

    curl --cert client.pem --key key.pem --insecure https://example.com

To download a file:

curl

To download and rename a file:

curl -o

To download multiple files:

curl -O -O

To download all sequentially numbered files (1-24):

curl http://example.com/pic[1-24].jpg

To download a file and pass HTTP authentication:

curl -u :

To download a file with a proxy:

curl -x :

To download a file over FTP:

curl -u : -O ftp://example.com/pub/file.zip

To get an FTP directory listing:

curl ftp://username:[email protected]

To resume a previously failed download:

curl -C - -o

To fetch only the HTTP headers from a response:

curl -I

To fetch your external IP and network info as JSON:

curl http://ifconfig.me/all.json

To limit the rate of a download:

curl --limit-rate 1000B -O

To get your global IP:

curl httpbin.org/ip

To get only the HTTP status code:

curl -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -s -I URL