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 -vvv https://google.com
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'
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/notification_settings
[2]
- Upload a file:
- -T, --upload-file <file>
- curl-u YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD -T FILE_TO_UPLOAD https://yourpasswordprotectedpage.com/your_destionation
curl -sD - -o /dev/null http://example.com
[3]
-s Avoid showing progress bar -D Dump headers to a file, but - sends it to stdout -o /dev/null Ignore response body
- curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/index/type/documentID (Invoke-WebRequest -method DELETE http://localhost:9200/_all)
Advance usage
See also
wget
,cURL
,links
,lynx
,elinks
,w3m
,httpie, opensearch-cli curl
,--no-check-certificate, wget --help
- 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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