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curl is used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. curl is also used in cars, television sets, routers, printers, audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, settop boxes, media players and is the Internet transfer engine for thousands of software applications in over ten billion installations.

List of commands for curl:

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curl:headers:get Run a curl request and return the headers

$ curl -I ${url}

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curl:tldr:399e1 curl: Pass a username and password for server authentication.

$ curl --user myusername:mypassword ${http:--example-com}

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curl:tldr:3d839 curl: Send form-encoded data (POST request of type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Use `--data @file_name` or `--data @'-'` to read from STDIN.

$ curl --data ${'name=bob'} ${http:--example-com-form}

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curl:tldr:4500b curl: Download the contents of a URL to a file.

$ curl ${http:--example-com} --output ${filename}

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curl:tldr:540ac curl: Pass client certificate and key for a resource, skipping certificate validation.

$ curl --cert ${client-pem} --key ${key-pem} --insecure ${https:--example-com}

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curl:tldr:5ed9f curl: Check whether `curl` is properly installed by printing its version number. If this command evaluates into an error, PowerShell may have substituted this command with `Invoke-WebRequest`.

$ curl --version

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curl:tldr:aeb75 curl: Download a file, saving the output under the filename indicated by the URL.

$ curl --remote-name ${http:--example-com-filename}

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curl:tldr:d1adb curl: Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header.

$ curl --data ${'{"name":"bob"}'} --header ${'Content-Type: application-json'} ${http:--example-com-users-1234}

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curl:tldr:feb19 curl: Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method.

$ curl --header ${'X-My-Header: 123'} --request ${PUT} ${http:--example-com}

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curl:warp:2450e4dd99f7f77e9479659d4061a538 cURL a URL and follow redirects

$ curl -L ${url}

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curl:warp:9d42768e9a94bd536acbafafe8adeb28 POST JSON data with cURL

$ curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
$ --request POST \
$ --data '${json_data}' \
$ ${url}

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curl:warp:ddb2d3519798374d4b76ef0160a84b72 Set an Bearer authorization header with a cURL request

$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" ${url}

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curl:warp:deb495d28649d13fee28d0d983995b46 Set an OAuth authorization header with a cURL request

$ curl -H "Authorization: OAuth ${access_token}" ${url}

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curl:warp:e6fb89c914b5eed3543d4bf3696cb97d Attach a header to an HTTP request with cURL

$ curl --header "${header}" ${url}

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curl:warp:f69f37e58240c5cc6c3a6cc3844d3cab Display request headers from a cURL request

$ curl -v ${url}

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git-am:tldr:f6cb7 git-am: Apply and commit changes following a remote patch file.

$ curl -L ${https:--example-com-file-patch} | git apply

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git:warp:f0631 Clone all repos in a GitHub Organization

$ curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${auth_token}" "https://api.github.com/orgs/${org}/repos?page=${page}&per_page=100" | jq -r ".[].clone_url" | xargs -L1 git clone

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promtool:tldr:33cd4 promtool: Pass Prometheus metrics over `stdin` to check them for consistency and correctness.

$ curl --silent ${http:--example-com:9090-metrics-} | promtool check metrics

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rustup-init.sh:tldr:b91cd rustup-init.sh: Download and run `rustup-init` to install `rustup` and the default Rust toolchain.

$ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s

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viu:tldr:d4cbc viu: Render an image or GIF from the internet using `curl`.

$ curl -s ${https:--example-com-image-png} | viu -

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wordpress:cli:install Install the WordPress CLI tool.

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
$ chmod +x wp-cli.phar
$ sudo mv wp-cli.phar ${dir_to_install}

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zek:tldr:c8162 zek: Generate a Go struct from a given XML from `stdin` and send output to a file.

$ curl -s ${https:--url-to-xml} | zek -o ${path-to-output-go}

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