cURL
cURL[1] is a command-line tool for getting or sending data including files using URL syntax. cURL supports a range of common network protocols, currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, LDAP, DAP, DICT, TELNET, FILE, IMAP, POP3, SMTP and RTSP.
Basic Usage
curl -sS https://google.com
curl -u YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD https://yourpasswordprotectedpage.com/
- Save your cookies and reuse them:
curl --user user:pass --cookie-jar ./somefile_with_your_cookies https://xyz.com/a
curl --cookie ./omefile_with_your_cookiese https://xyz.com/b
curl --header 'X-JFrog-Art-Api: 1234567890'
- Upload a file:
- -T, --upload-file <file>
- curl-u YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD -T FILE_TO_UPLOAD https://yourpasswordprotectedpage.com/your_destionation
Advance usage
- Use cURL to measure request and response times: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22625150
See also
- Netcat
- wget:
wget -r http://example.com/
- iwr (Invoke-WebRequest) PowerShell functionality
- links (browser), lynx (browser), Elinks (browser) command line browsers
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